Eric Sibley

Eric Seymour Sibley (17 November 1915 – 1996) was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Bournemouth, Blackpool, Grimsby Town and Chester.

Eric Sibley
Personal information
Full name Eric Seymour Sibley
Date of birth (1915-11-17)17 November 1915
Place of birth Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Date of death 1996 (aged 80–81)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1934–1937 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937 Bournemouth 7 (0)
1937–1947 Blackpool[1] 78 (0)
1947–1949 Grimsby Town 23 (0)
1949–1950 Chester 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Blackpool

Sibley joined Blackpool from Bournemouth during the second half of the 1937–38 season, and made his debut on 29 January in a single-goal victory at Leicester City. He went on to appear in the remaining fifteen games of the campaign.

The following season, 1938–39, Sibley started 29 of Blackpool's 42 league games, before World War II intervened. In 1945–46, Sibley made six guest appearances for Southampton.[2]

After the conclusion of the war, in 1945–46, Sibley made six appearances for Blackpool in the Football League North.

In Sibley's final season at Bloomfield Road, 1946–47, he made 37 league appearances, as well as making his debut for the Tangerines in the FA Cup. His final game for the club occurred on 7 April, a 3–0 home defeat by Everton. He was sold to Grimsby Town.

Grimsby Town

In two years at Blundell Park, Sibley made 23 league appearances.

Chester

Sibley finished his professional career with Chester in 1950 after seven league appearances for the club. He left to become player-manager at a Lytham St Annes-based club.

References
Specific
  1. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
  2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 391. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
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