Personal information | |||
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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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |