After St. Patrick's Athletic
Gibbons had a short spell with Holyhead in the Welsh League in 1956 but returned to the league to play for Cork Hibernians at the end of the 1956/57 season, scoring one goal. The following season he joined Dundalk and scored 11 goals. He retired from professional football at the relatively young age of 30 in 1959. From 1960 until his death in 2006, Gibbons led a very quiet life. He was a regular visitor to St. Pats home ground of Richmond Park where he was treated as an idol. Following his death (by natural causes) St. Pats fans have pushed for a permanent memorial to one of their greatest ever players to be produced.
At the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season Gibbons is twenty third in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 120 league goals
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