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Terence Arthur Hibbitt (1 December 1947 – 5 August 1994) was an English
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played for
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,
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
and
Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...
. His brother
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was also a footballer. He died of cancer in 1994, aged just 46. During his time at Leeds he played in the second leg of the 1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final as they defeated
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on aggregate, and also made 12 appearances (and scored 3 goals) as they won the First Division in 1968–69.


Gateshead

He went on to play non-league football with
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until 1986, during which time he also coached the team. He made 130 appearances in all competitions for Gateshead, scoring seven goals.


Honours

Newcastle United *
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runner-up: 1973–74


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hibbitt, Terry 1947 births 1994 deaths Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers Leeds United F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players English Football League players England men's semi-pro international footballers Gateshead F.C. managers Deaths from cancer in England Footballers from Bradford English football managers 20th-century English sportsmen