Full name Edward Gibbins Role Footballer Name Eddie Gibbins | Years Team | |
Date of birth (1926-03-24)24 March 1926 Date of death 7 August 2011(2011-08-07) (aged 85) Place of death Kingston St Mary, England Died August 2011, Kingston St Mary, United Kingdom | ||
Place of birth Shoreditch, England | ||
Edward "Eddie" Gibbins (24 March 1926 – 7 August 2011) was an English professional footballer who played for Finchley and Tottenham Hotspur. He was born in Shoreditch and died in Kingston St Mary.
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Playing career
Gibbins joined Tottenham Hotspur from non-league club Finchley in September 1946. The centre half played four senior matches in all competitions for the Lilywhites between 1952-53.
Post–football career
Gibbins was employed by a fuel transport company based in Tottenham up to his retirement. In recent years he had lived in Taunton before his death at a nursing home on 7 August 2011 in Kingston St Mary.
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