Career
Stibbard"s father, also named Neville, played for South Melbourne and North Melbourne during the 1940s. In 1974 he played 11 games for South Melbourne. Cleared to Portuguese Melbourne in 1975, Stibbard was a back pocket in the club"s 1977 premiership team
Before he came to North Melbourne, at the end of the 1993 American Federation of Labor-Congress season, Stibbard was a recruiting manager for Fitzroy.
He remained with North Melbourne until 2008. More recently he was recruiting manager at the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s newest club Greater Western Sydney and in 2014 joined the Western Bulldogs in a part-time capacity.