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Terry Hibbitt was always going to find it difficult to win a
regular place in the world class midfield that Don Revie had
assembled, but he was happy to play his part as a squad member and
was frequently on the bench, only getting one real long run in the
side in 1967/68. He scored with his first touch on his debut, and
picked up a winners medal in the 1968 Fairs Cup Final. He became
better known after leaving Leeds, with good spells at Newcastle -
with whom he made it to Wembley in the 1974 FA Cup Final - and then
Birmingham. He returned to Tyneside in a swap deal that saw Stewart
Barraclough go in the other direction and had two good seasons
before a persistent injury forced him to retire from the
professional game.
He spent some time with Gateshead, including a spell as their
coach in 1986, and finally achieved some international recognition
with a cap for the non-league England side. When he finally walked
away from the game, he ran a pub in his adopted north-east home
until his untimely death from cancer in 1994.
michael tunney says: we were in the same hospital ward room
together in 1994 he told me some great storys when he was at leeds
and newcastle, very nice person
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