Josh Gibson
Joshua Gibson playing for the Kangaroos during the 2006 AFL Season
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Gibson
Birth	13 March 1984 (1984-03-13) (age 25)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Recruited from	Oakleigh Chargers/Port Melbourne
Draft	Unknown Kangaroos
Height	189cm
Weight	92kg
Playing Career
Position(s)	Defender
Club	Hawthorn
Club
Years	Team	Pld	G
2006–2009	North Melbourne	65	2
2010–	Hawthorn	0	0
	Total	65	2

Joshua "Josh" Gibson (born 13 March 1984) is an Australian rules footballer for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Gibson is known for his tough play as a back-pocket defender. He was instantly recognisable because of his afro hairstyle before he cut it. Josh has direct links to Barbados, where his father was born. He also attended Trinity Grammar School in Kew, a school which is renowned for producing great footballers, like Wayne Schwass and Luke Power.

[edit] Playing History

Josh came from Port Melbourne Football Club in the VFL and was drafted onto the Kangaroos rookie list.

A left footer, he is originally from Oakleigh Chargers and 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.^[1]. After initially being ruled out of football for the remainder of the season,^[2] he was able to return to the AFL in Round 21 and was able to shut out Lance Franklin who had kicked seven goals the previous round.

Immediately after the 2009 season, Gibson requested to be traded to the Hawthorn Football Club. The deal was done early on the Monday of trade week, with Gibson traded, along with North Melbourne's fifth round draft pick (#69 overall) for Hawthorn's second and third round draft picks (#25 and #41 overall).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Joshua Gibson (footballer) profile on the Official AFL Website of the Kangaroos Football Club
• Joshua Gibson (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables