Harry Gibson (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Thomas Gibson[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hoxton, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hoxton Hall | |||
| 1913–1918 | Clapton Orient | 30 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harold Thomas Gibson was an English professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Gibson fought with the 17th (Service) and 21st (Service) Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment for the majority of the First World War and rose to the rank of sergeant.[2] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 1st (Service) Battalion of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry on 27 August 1918.[2] Wounds received during the course of Gibson's service caused his retirement from football in 1918.[3] After the war, it was reported that he met an American woman and emigrated to the USA.[3]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Clapton Orient | 1914–15[4] | Second Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Career total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Harold Thomas Gibson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Our Her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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