Joshua Gibson (footballer)

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Josh Gibson
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Personal information
Birth January 3, 1984 (1984-13-03) (age 23),
Melbourne, Victoria
Recruited from Oakleight Chargers/Port Melbourne
Playing career¹
Debut Round 10, May 28, 2005, Kangaroos vs. Brisbane Lions, at Gabba
Team(s) North Melbourne (2005-)

35 Games,0 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights

Joshua "Josh" Gibson (born 13 March 1984) is an Australian rules footballer for the Kangaroos Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Gibson is known for his tough play as a back-pocket defender. He was instantly recognisable because of his afro hairstyle before he cut it. Josh has direct links to Barbados, where his mother was born. He also`attended Trinity Grammar School in Kew, a school which is renowned for producing great footballers, like Wayne Schwass and Luke Power.

[edit] Playing History

Josh came from Port Melbourne Football Club in the VFL and was drafted onto the Kangaroos rookie list.

A left footer, he is originally from Oakleigh Chargers and played 10 matches with the Kangaroos in 2006.

On June 3, 2007, he suffered a head injury in the bathroom at his home as he was preparing for training.[1]. After initially being ruled out of football for the remainder of the season,[2]he was able to return to the AFL in Round 21 and was able to shut out Lance Franklin who had kicked seven goals the previous round.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gibson suffers serious head injury
  2. ^ Head injury ends Gibson's season

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North Melbourne Kangaroos Football Club – current squad

1 McIntosh • 2 Hay • 3 Rawlings • 4 Harris • 5 McConnell • 6 Grant • 7 Simpson • 8 Wells • 9 Sinclair • 10 Smith • 11 Archer • 12 Thomas • 13 Trotter • 14 Urch • 15 Green • 16 Brown • 17 Grima • 18 Moran • 19 Swallow • 20 Petrie • 21 Jones • 22 Goldstein • 23 Thompson • 24 Firrito • 25 Lower • 26 Hansen • 27 Edwards • 28 Riggio • 29 Harvey • 30 Pratt • 31 Hale • 32 Sansbury • 33 Hutchison* • 34 Urquhart • 35 Warren • 36 Watt • 37 Ross • 38 Gibson • 39 Harding • 40 Adams* • 41 Hughes* • 42 McMahon • 43 Campbell* • 44 Whyman • Coach: Laidley

* denotes Rookie Listed players