Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
Player #421
Appearances:
Starts:
Substitute:
Unused Substitute:
Goals:
Seasons:
167
167
0
0
25
8
Colin Gibson
Winger
1948-49
Position
From
To
1955-56
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Colin Gibson
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Seasons
1948-49 | 1949-50 | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | 1954-55 | 1955-56 |
Age*
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
167 |
11 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 7 |
Starts
167 |
11 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 7 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
25 |
0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Colin Hayward Gibson
Birth Date
Sunday, 16 September 1923
Birth Place
Normanby-on-Tees
Birth Country
England
Transfer in
From
Newcastle United
For
£17,500
On
February 1949
Transfer Out
To
Lincoln City
For
£6,000
On
January 1956
Played Under
Alex Massie |
George Martin |
Eric Houghton |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 12 February 1949
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 12 February 1949
Huddersfield Town (a), Division One
First Goal
Saturday, 7 January 1950
Final Appearance
Saturday, 8 October 1955
West Bromwich Albion (a), Division One
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 8 October 1955
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(5ft 10.5 in) 1.79 m
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
27 March 1992, Aged 68
Previous Clubs
Penarth Pontoon |
Cardiff City |
1948-49 Newcastle United |
Villa Youth
n/a
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1949-55 Aston Villa, £17.5k, 167 | 25 |
Loans Out
None
Subsequent Clubs
1956-57 Lincoln City |
Stourbridge FC |
Colin Gibson
Player #421 for Aston Villa, Colin Hayward Gibson known as Colin Gibson, played as a winger in the outside right position between 1948-49 and 1955-56 making 167 appearances and scoring 25 goals.
Colin was born in Normanby-on-Tees on 16 September 1923 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 12 February 1949 at the age of 25.
Villa had signed Colin from Newcastle United for a fee of £17,500 earlier in February 1949.
A lithe athlete, Colin joined Villa after just a few month’s service with Newcastle United who he had joined from Cardiff City for whom he had performed excellent service as a right winger. A fine reader of the game, Colin won his first international cap in his first season with Villa when he was selected by the FA to face Holland in Amsterdam.
Colin never knew when he was beaten, a hard working player who put his lissome athletic skills to great effect whether playing as an inside man or winger.
Few players enjoyed their football as much as Colin whilst off the field he enlivened many hours for his colleagues with his expert piano playing skills.
Colin made 11 appearances through to the end of his debut season and subsequently became Villa’s regular outside right making over 130 appearances for the club between 1949 and 1954 after which his appearances became more limited.
Colin played his last game for Villa on Saturday, 8 October 1955 aged 32 after which he joined Lincoln City for a fee of £6,000 in January 1956.
Colin had played under managers Alex Massie, George Martin and Eric Houghton.
Colin passed away in Stourbridge on 27 March 1992 aged 68.