Albert Henry 'Jackie' Gibbons (born 10 April 1914) was an English

England

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 professional footballer who played for Hayes

Hayes F.C.

Hayes F.C. was an English football club based in Hayes, in Greater London. The club started out as Botwell Mission in 1909 taking its present name in 1929. The team nickname, The Missioners was a salute to the history of the team. The club played in the Conference South for their last few seasons...

, Uxbridge

Uxbridge F.C.

Uxbridge Football Club are a football club representing Uxbridge but now based in West Drayton, in the County of Middlesex England. They were established in 1871 and are one of the oldest clubs in the South of England. They were founder members of the Southern League Division Two in 1894 and have...

, Kingstonian

Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian Football Club are an English, semi-professional football club that are playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2011–12 season. The club has played at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames since 1989, after leaving their traditional Richmond Road ground...

, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

, Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

, Bradford Park Avenue and football manager

Coach (sport)

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Football career

Gibbons played for non League clubs Hayes, Uxbridge and Kingstonian before joining Tottenham Hotspur in his first spell at White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

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. The centre forward featured in 33 matches and scored on 18 occasions in all competitions between 1937–38. He joined Brentford in 1938 where he played a further 11 games and scoring once. Gibbons re-joined the Spurs in 1939 but never played another first team match for the Lilywhites. After the hostilities of World War II

World War II

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had ended Gibbons joined Bradford Park Avenue where he went on to make 42 appearances and scoring 21 goals. In 1947 he returned to Brentford to play in a further 56 games and netting 16 goals.

Managing and coaching career

After retiring from the game, Gibbons became manager of Brentford in 1949, before taking charge of the Israeli national football team in 1956. He later went on to manage the Kenyan national side in 1966.

External links

• Beespedia Retrieved 14 May 2009