Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | c. 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Port Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | c. 1976 (aged 75–76) | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Port Glasgow Victoria | |||
1920–1923 | Morton | 55 | (10) |
1923–1926 | Dumbarton | 108 | (0) |
1926–1927 | New Bedford Whalers | 31 | (0) |
1927–1929 | Boston Soccer Club | 70 | (0) |
1928 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 1 | (0) |
1929–1930 | Bethlehem Steel | 16 | (0) |
1930–1932 | Glentoran | ||
International career | |||
1930 | Irish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Gibson was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back for Morton and Dumbarton in his native country during the 1920s,[1][2][3] also spending time in the United States where he featured for three American Soccer League clubs,[4][5][6][lower-alpha 1] and in Northern Ireland, winning the 1930–31 Irish League with Glentoran and also representing the Irish League XI in October 1930.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Statistics for 1926–27 have been confused with fellow Scottish defender David Gibson (which were added to the record of a third player, Daniel Gibson).[7]
- ↑ Emms, Steve; Wells, Richard (2007). Scottish League Players' Records Division One 1890/91 to 1938/39. Beeston, Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-899468-66-9.
- ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock – The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- ↑ New Bedford Has Never Won Game Here, The Globe-Times, 11 November 1926, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
- ↑ Bill Gibson, SoccerStats.us
- ↑ Daniel Gibson, SoccerStats.us
- ↑ Irish League Representatives (1893-2007), Irish League Footballing Greats
- ↑ Football | Scotland's Inter-League Victory, The Glasgow Herald,
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