Eric Sibley

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	78	(0)
1947–1949	Grimsby Town	23	(0)
1949–1950	Chester	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.

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

General

• Stats at Blackpool
• Stats at Grimsby Town
• Stats at Chester City
• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.