Tom Gilbey

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Tom Gilbey
Personal information
Full name Thomas Edmund Gilbey
Date of birth 20 January 1898[1]
Place of birth    Bishop Auckland, England
Date of death    1962[1]
Place of death    Bishop Auckland, England
Height unknown
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club n/a
Number n/a
Youth clubs
unknown unknown
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
 ?-1920
1920-?
?-?		 Darlington
Gillingham
unknown		 unknown
11 (6)[1]
unknown   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Edmund "Tom" Gilbey (born Bishop Auckland, 20 January 1898, died Bishop Auckland, 1962) was an English football (soccer) player who played professionally for Gillingham. Although he only made 11 Football League appearances for the Kent club, he was notable for scoring the Gills' first ever league goal, against Southampton in August 1920.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd, p18. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X. 
  2. ^ Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984. Kent County Libraries, p11. 
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