Nathan Gibbs

Nathan Gibbs

Personal information
Born	(1959-12-22) 22 December 1959
Playing information
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1978–1983	South Sydney Rabbitohs	86	27	0	0	87
1984	Parramatta Eels	9	2	0	0	8
	Total	95	29	0	0	95
Source: NRL Stats

Nathan Gibbs (born 22 December 1959) is an Australian sports physician and former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.

Early life and sports career

Gibbs was a South Sydney junior but was graded by Eastern Suburbs during his final year at school. He returned to South Sydney and made his first-grade debut in 1978. Gibbs went on to captain the club and was the Dally M Second Rower of the Year in 1980.

Medical education and training

After a season with Parramatta in 1984, he retired aged 24 to focus on a career in medicine, studying at the University of New South Wales and graduating with an M.B.B.S. in 1983.

In 1987, Gibbs graduated from the University of Sydney's Cumberland College with a Grad. Dip. Sports Sci.

Medical career

During the 1990s, he was team doctor for Manly Warringah, New South Wales and the Australian Kangaroos. In 1990, it was Gibbs that made the decision, controversial at the time, to rule Wally Lewis unfit to play for the Kangaroos. Following the appointment of Chris Anderson as coach of the Kangaroos in 1999, Gibbs was replaced by then Canterbury doctor, Hugh Hazard.

Gibbs continues to work in the rugby league arena and is also club doctor for the Sydney Swans where he was appointed Life Membership on 1 October 2010.

External links

• Nathan Gibbs at Yesterday's Hero