Jack Gibby

Australian rules footballer

Jack Gibby
Personal information
Full name	John Leonard Gibby
Date of birth	(1920-10-17)17 October 1920
Place of birth	Kew, Victoria
Date of death	21 October 1971(1971-10-21) (aged 51)
Place of death	Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s)	Kew CYMS
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1942	Footscray	5 (6)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.315.
^ Weddings: Mr. John Gibby to Miss Maie Dodd, Table Talk, (Thursday, 8 January 1920), p.9.
^ Wedding of Mr. John Gibby to Miss Maie Dodd, Table Talk, (Thursday, 8 January 1920), p.14.
^ Deaths: Gibby, The Age, (Thursday, 15 July, 1976), p.21.
^ Note that his service record has his name as "John Lennard Gibby".
^ Deaths: Gibby, The Age, (Friday, 22 October 1971), p.30.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer John Lennard Gibby (419935), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
World War Two Service Record: Flying Officer John Lennard Gibby (419935), National Archives of Australia.