Jack Gibby Explained

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]

Family

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.

Football

Footscray (VFL)

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.

Military service

He enlisted in the RAAF on 9 October 1942, served overseas, and was discharged on 6 December 1945.

Death

He died on 21 October 1971.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.315.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146473614 Weddings: Mr. John Gibby to Miss Maie Dodd, Table Talk, (Thursday, 8 January 1920), p.9.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146473647 Wedding of Mr. John Gibby to Miss Maie Dodd, Table Talk, (Thursday, 8 January 1920), p.14.
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9vFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6942%2C3421966 Deaths: Gibby, The Age, (Thursday, 15 July, 1976), p.21.
  5. Note that his service record has his name as "John Lennard Gibby".
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B9hjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=upADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2722%2C4586233 Deaths: Gibby, The Age, (Friday, 22 October 1971), p.30.