John Allister "Jack" Nibloe (1 June 1939 – 12 November 1964) was an English

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who played in

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for Doncaster Rovers, Sheffield United, Stockport County and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

. He was involved in a car crash in 1964 and he died of his injuries. His father

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was also a footballer.

Career

Nibloe was born in

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and began his career with local club Sheffield United in 1958. He played 26 matches for the "Blades" in three seasons scoring five goals in 1960–61 as they gained promotion to the top tier. Nibloe was though sold to

where he played 21 times in 1961–62 scoring five goals. After managing to make just two appearances in 1962–63, Tony Waddington let Nibloe sign for

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Doncaster Rovers. At Belle Vue he scored eight goals in 43 matches combining his time doing

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in Germany flying back on week ends for the matches. In August 1964 he joined Stockport County, scoring five goals in 24 matches before he was involved in a fatal car accident near

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on 12 November 1964 at the age of just 25.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nibloe, Jack English footballers Stoke City F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players English Football League players 1939 births 1964 deaths Association football forwards Road incident deaths in England English people of Scottish descent