Norbert Heinrich Nigbur (born 8 May 1948) is a former German football goalkeeper who played for FC Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC, among others.

On his 18th birthday, his father signed his first professional contract with Schalke's president Fritz Szepan, as his son was not yet of legal age.

For the 1966–67 Bundesliga season, Nigbur was part of the FC Schalke 04 squad as the second man behind the starting goalkeeper Josef Elting.

Nigbur was considered one of the best Bundesliga goalkeepers of the 1970s, alongside Sepp Maier from FC Bayern Munich, Wolfgang Kleff from Borussia Mönchengladbach, Rudi Kargus from Hamburger SV, and Gerhard Welz from 1.

On 14 September 1974, during a Bundesliga match against VfL Bochum, it was overlooked that Nigbur was still in the dressing room at the time of the restart after halftime.

[1] After disagreements with coach Max Merkel and president Günter Siebert over the extension of his contract, he was dismissed in 1976.

He spent three years in Berlin and only missed one league match,[2] before coming to an agreement with Günter Siebert and returning to Schalke in 1979.

After being replaced on Schalke by Walter Junghans, who came from FC Bayern, Nigbur had a half-year commitment with VfB Hüls, for whom he made his debut on 5 February 1984.

[3] In the summer of 1984, he transferred to Rot-Weiss Essen in the then third-tier Oberliga Nordrhein, where he played 27 league matches.

On 23 February 1974, Nigbur made his debut for the A national team in a 0–1 loss against Spain in Barcelona.

He was one of the two reserve goalkeepers in the national squad, alongside Wolfgang Kleff from Borussia Mönchengladbach, which won the World Cup in 1974.