Tommy Gibson

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Tommy Gibson
Personal information
Full name Thomas Gibson [1]
Date of birth 23 December 1888
Place of birth Maxwelltown, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Full back, centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1906 Maxwelltown Volunteers
1906–1907 Morton 3 (0)
1907–1919 Nottingham Forest 186 (32)
1916 → Heart of Midlothian (loan) 10 (6)
1919–1923 Notts County 63 (5)
1923–1924 Southend United 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Gibson was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 180 appearances as a full back in the Football League for Nottingham Forest and captained the club. [1] [3] [4] He also played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian and Morton. [5]

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Personal life

On 16 December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War and the day after the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was established, Gibson and Nottingham Forest teammates Harry Iremonger and Joe Mercer travelled down to London to enlist. [6] Gibson served as a company sergeant major in the 1st Football Battalion and held the rank of warrant officer class II. [4] [7] He was partially buried by a shell explosion on the Somme and developed shell shock. [8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Morton 1906–07 [5] Scottish Second Division 3000―30
Nottingham Forest 1907–08 [9] First Division 10000―100
1908–09 [9] 7000―70
1909–10 [9] 3000―30
1910–11 [9] 18000―180
1911–12 [9] Second Division 36310―373
1912–13 [9] 311823―3321
1913–14 [9] 36520―385
1914–15 [9] 36520―385
1919–20 [9] 9100―91
Total1863273―18335
Heart of Midlothian (loan) 1916–17 [10] Scottish First Division 94―1 [lower-alpha 1] 0104
Notts County 1922–23 [11] Second Division4000―40
Southend United 1923–24 [12] Third Division South 50――50
Career total20736731021539
  1. ↑ Appearance in Wilson Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN   978-1905891610.
  2. ↑ "Football's advent. Notts County". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Gibson Tommy Notts County 1923". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, John (2008). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 78. ISBN   978-1-84425-656-3. OCLC   244314866.
  5. 1 2 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  6. ↑ "EFL Remembers: Royal British Legion – the story of Joe Mercer". www.efl.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Tommy Gibson on Lives of the First World War
  8. ↑ Riddoch & Kemp 2008, p. 145-146.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Thomas Gibson". The City Ground. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Gibson – Hearts Career – from 04 Nov 1916 to 20 Jan 1917". www.londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Notts County FC in the 1920's". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Player Profile". SUFCdb. Retrieved 18 July 2019.[ dead link ]
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