Jack Gibby | |
Fullname: | John Leonard Gibby |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1920 |
Birth Place: | Kew, Victoria |
Death Place: | Fitzroy, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Kew CYMS |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Statsend: | 1942 |
Years1: | 1942 |
Games Goals1: | 5 (6) |
John Leonard Gibby (17 October 1920 – 21 October 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of John Gibby (1889–1961), and Mary Elizabeth "Maie" Gibby (1893–1976), née Dodd,[2] [3] [4] John Leonard Gibby was born at Kew, Victoria on 17 October 1920.[5]
He married Margaret Catherine "Peg" Ryan (1919–?) in 1946.
Having played in a number of Second XVIII matches earlier in the season, he played in five consecutive First XVIII matches for Footscray in 1942: the first, against St Kilda, at the Yarravile Oval, on 11 July 1942, and the last, against Hawthorn, at the Yarravile Oval, on 8 August 1942.
He enlisted in the RAAF on 9 October 1942, served overseas, and was discharged on 6 December 1945.
He died on 21 October 1971.[6]