Josh Gibson (footballer)

Josh Gibson
Gibson in April 2017
Personal information
Full name Joshua Gibson
Nickname(s) Gibbo
Date of birth (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Port Melbourne (VFL)
Draft No. 7, 2005 rookie draft
Debut Round 1, 2006, Kangaroos vs. Port Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2005–2009 Kangaroos/North Melbourne 65 (2)
2010–2017 Hawthorn 160 (3)
Total 225 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joshua Gibson (born 13 March 1984) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is a member of Hawthorn's 2013, 2014 and 2015 premiership winning teams, winning the Peter Crimmins Medal in both 2013 and 2015 premiership seasons. Gibson was known for his spoiling prowess down back and holds the record for most one percenters in AFL history.

Playing career

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Early career

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Gibson began playing football with Surrey Park and played junior football for East Burwood, before moving on to play for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup and Victorian Football League side Port Melbourne.[1] Gibson was recruited from Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and drafted onto the Kangaroos (North Melbourne) rookie list in 2006.

North Melbourne (Kangaroos)

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Josh Gibson playing for North Melbourne in 2006.

Gibson played 10 matches with the Kangaroos in 2006. On 3 June 2007, he suffered a head injury in the bathroom at his home as he was preparing for training.[2] After initially being ruled out of football for the remainder of the season,[3] he returned to the AFL in round 22 and was able to shut out Lance Franklin who had kicked seven goals the previous round.

Hawthorn

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Immediately after the 2009 season, Gibson requested to be traded to the Hawthorn Football Club. The deal was done early on the first day of the 2009 trade week, with Gibson traded, along with North Melbourne's fifth round draft pick No. 69 (Hawks picked Taylor Duryea) for Hawthorn's second and third round draft picks (No. 25 and No. 41 overall). Gibson had a season interrupted by injury in 2010; he tore his hamstring in the third round but recovered to play 12 games. He played in every game in 2011, holding the backline together after longterm injuries to key backmen Ben Stratton and Stephen Gilham. In 2013, Gibson won the Hawthorn best and fairest award, the Peter Crimmins Medal.[4] He won his second Peter Crimmins medal in 2015.[5] Coming off his third consecutive premiership with Hawthorn, Gibson starred in the club's first home game of 2016, ending the match with an equal-club record 44 disposals in a victory over the West Coast Eagles.[6] On August 15, 2017, he announced his retirement from the AFL at the conclusion of the 2017 season.

Coaching career

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North Melbourne

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On 15 December 2022, it was announced that Gibson returned to the North Melbourne Football Club as a part-time assistant coach in the role of defence specialist coach supporting fellow assistant coach John Blakey who is overseeing the defence under senior coach Alastair Clarkson.[7][8]

Personal life

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Josh Gibson was born in, and grew up in Blackburn, Victoria. He was instantly recognisable because of his afro hairstyle before he cut it. Gibson has direct links to Barbados, where his father was born. He attended Trinity Grammar School in Kew. Gibson is currently living in Sydney and is the owner of BeFit training Double Bay. He has appeared in multiple ad campaigns for Bondi Protein.[9] In March 2023 he married his wife Ashley Bright, they share a son together.

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
  †  
Led the league for 
the season
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2006 Kangaroos 38 11 0 2 73 68 141 32 24 0.0 0.2 6.6 6.2 12.8 2.9 2.2 0
2007 Kangaroos 38 12 0 0 69 86 155 37 18 0.0 0.0 5.8 7.2 12.9 3.1 1.5 0
2008 North Melbourne 38 20 1 1 133 145 278 75 32 0.1 0.1 6.7 7.3 13.9 3.8 1.6 0
2009 North Melbourne 38 22 1 2 210 173 383 102 71 0.0 0.1 9.5 7.9 17.4 4.6 3.2 4
2010 Hawthorn 6 12 0 0 75 106 181 39 24 0.0 0.0 6.3 8.8 15.1 3.3 2.0 0
2011 Hawthorn 6 25 0 0 248 185 433 134 56 0.0 0.0 9.9 7.4 17.3 5.4 2.2 4
2012 Hawthorn 6 22 0 0 195 158 353 108 47 0.0 0.0 8.9 7.2 16.0 4.9 2.1 3
2013# Hawthorn 6 24 0 0 204 232 436 113 46 0.0 0.0 8.5 9.7 18.2 4.7 1.9 2
2014# Hawthorn 6 17 0 0 190 169 359 102 34 0.0 0.0 11.2 9.9 21.1 6.0 2.0 3
2015# Hawthorn 6 25 0 3 303 244 547 207 38 0.0 0.1 12.1 9.8 21.9 8.3 1.0 1
2016 Hawthorn 6 23 3 0 227 236 463 150 65 0.1 0.0 9.9 10.3 20.1 6.5 2.8 10
2017 Hawthorn 6 12 0 0 90 96 186 53 14 0.0 0.0 7.5 8.0 15.5 6.5 1.2 0
Career[10] 225 5 8 2017 1898 3915 1152 469 0.0 0.0 9.0 8.4 17.4 5.1 2.1 27

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

Post-football career

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In January 2018, Gibson was a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.[11] On 5 March 2018, Gibson was evicted after 38 days in camp, coming in eighth place.[12]

In 2018, he was a panelist on Sports Tonight.[13][14]

In October 2020, Gibson was announced as a celebrity contestant on the new season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia in 2021.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Waiting game is over for Hawk Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Gibson suffers serious head injury
  3. ^ Head injury ends Gibson's season Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Gibson Wins Best and Fairest". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. ^ King, Travis (10 October 2015). "Premier surprise: Defender claims best and fairest in flag year". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Gibson stars in big Hawks win". Hawthorn Football Club. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Three-time premiership Hawk returns to Kangaroos". 15 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Three-time flag star added to stellar coaching panel". 15 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Josh Gibson - Chemist Warehouse & Bondi Protein Ambassador". TLA. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Josh Gibson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  11. ^ Nick Bond (28 January 2018). "I'm A Celeb 2018 contestants revealed". news.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  12. ^ Moran, Jonathon (5 March 2018). "Josh Gibson's shock eviction from jungle on I'm A Celebrity ... after being early favourite to win series". news.com.au. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Ten's 'Sports Tonight' Returns To TV Screens After Seven-Year Hiatus". B&T. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  14. ^ Knox, David. "Returning: Sports Tonight". TVTonight.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  15. ^ Knox, David (22 October 2020). "Josh Gibson, Scherri-Lee Biggs join Celebrity Apprentice Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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