Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Vincent Gibbs
- Nickname(s)
- Gibbsy
- Born
- Wednesday, 16th May, 1956
- Current Age
- 69 years and 317 days
- Place Of Birth
- Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1978
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1976, 1978
Biography
Darting Manly halfback, with his characteristic running action of head held high and socks around his ankles, missed the club's grand final campaign in 1978 because of injury. Gibbs’ whole-hearted efforts earned him his place on the 1978 Kangaroo tour but it was obvious once the squad arrived in England that he had carried an injury on tour. Gibbs played in just 3 matches on tour and had to have two operations on his troublesome hamstring in 1979. While injuries forced him into premature retirement two seasons later, Gibbs subsequently built a highly successful career as a sports commentator with leading radio station 2UE and as manager of close friend and former teammate Paul Vautin.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 87 | 44 | - | 3 | 135 | 50 | 34 | 3 | 57.47% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 109 | 50 | - | 3 | 153 | 64 | 46 | 4 | 58.72% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1976 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1977 | 23 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1978 | 23 | 9 | - | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 60.87% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1979 | 11 | 5 | - | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1980 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1981 | 23 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 52.17% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1976-81 | 87 | 44 | - | 3 | 135 | 50 | 34 | 3 | 57.47% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
4 May 2011 6:19pm
In 1981 in Rugby League Week John Gibbs got a 10 when playing for Manly.It came after Manlys 21-12 win over Cronulla at Endeavour Field on August 9.
1 Jul 2018 3:48pm
As a student at Brookvale Public School in 1979 any Manly football card was worth 2 of any other team. A Graham Eadie was worth 4. BUT A JOHNNY GIBBS WAS WORTH 10!!! Such was the esteem he was held in by us local kids! Everyone wore their socks down when we played footy in the schoolyard, we all wanted to be Gibbsy I have great memories of watching him from the hill at Brookvale Oval. A very exciting player who we never got to see enough of.
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