Sid Kimpton
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Sibley Kimpton | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Leavesden, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 February 1968 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Leavesden, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leavesden | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1920 | Southampton | 141 | (27) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1921 | DFC Prague | ||
| 1921–1922 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| 1923 | Cracovia | ||
| 192?–1926 | Le Havre | ||
| 1928–19?? | Coventry City (coach) | ||
| 1934 | France | ||
| 1935–1936 | France | ||
| 1935–1939 | RC Paris | ||
| 1939–1940 | Rouen | ||
| 1945 | Rouen | ||
| 1945–1946 | Le Havre | ||
| 1946–1950 | Cherbourg | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gabriel Sibley "Sid" Kimpton, also known as George Kimpton, (12 August 1887 – 15 February 1968) was an English football player, who spent his entire playing career with Southampton and subsequently became a manager in Europe.
Kimpton was born in Leavesden, near Watford and, after playing for his local village team, had an unsuccessful trial with Watford in 1909.
He joined Southern League Southampton in September 1910; after one match for the reserves, he made his first-team debut on 22 October, taking over the centre-forward's role from Percy Prince, in a 3–0 defeat by Crystal Palace. Kimpton scored in his next match a week later, in a 3–2 defeat at Brentford. By the end of the season, Kimpton had made 29 appearances, scoring seven goals, as the "Saints" finished one point above the relegation places.
According to Holley & Chalk, Kimpton's "main value was his reliability and versatility"; he was "never thought of as a great player (but) had plenty of pluck and bustle which made him hugely popular."
For the 1911–12 season, Southampton's new manager George Swift recruited eleven new players, including centre-forward Henry Hamilton from Huddersfield Town. Kimpton retained his place in the side, but moved back to right-half where he played for the first half of the season, before being replaced by John Denby in December. Kimpton returned to the side in March, when he took over the outside-right berth from Jack Wilcox for the rest of the season, at the end of which Southampton were once again just above the relegation zone.
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