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Toby Gillespy (1893/94 and 1895/96 to 1897/98)

Toby Gillespy

Bth Tyneside
P/H/WInside-forward5ft 8in
Jnd09/93 Arthur’s Hill
Deb07/10/93Lincoln C (A)D2
Depcs/94Hebburn Argyle
Jnd09/95 Hebburn Argyle
Depcs/98
A/G4

Joined from Arthur's Hill following their disbandment in September 1893 and made his debut at outside-left in December.

His other games were at inside-right and he scored a hat-trick in the 5-1 victory over Lincoln City on New Year’s Day.

Although on the small side, he was quite speedy and tricky.

He moved to Hebburn Argyle in the summer, but would return later to play for the "A" Team.

Was often referred to s Gillespie in newspaper reports.


Resources

The portrait above is a digital design which will assist in painting a portrait of the player as part of the nufc portrait collection ‘Men in Stripes’ and is copyright Piotr Jozefowicz.