Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Henry Gibson | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
Date of death | 8 April 1958 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Ruislip, England | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Plumstead | |||
1911–1912 | Espanyol | ||
1912–1924 | Olympique Cettois | ||
Managerial career | |||
1914–1924 | FC Cette | ||
1924–1925 | Montpellier | ||
1925–1929 | Marseille | ||
1929–1934 | Sochaux | ||
1934 | SC Bastidienne | ||
1934–1935 | Hispano-Bastidienne | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur Henry Gibson, known as Victor Raine Gibson (18 July 1888 – 8 April 1958) was an English professional football player and coach active in Spain and France.
Arthur Henry Gibson was born in Woolwich in 1888. [1] He married in 1910 and had an infant daughter who died. [1] He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter. [1]
Under the name 'Victor Raine Gibson' he toured Catalonia with Plumstead FC, and in a match against RCD Espanyol on 18 May 1911, he put up a great performance which impressed the Catalan club enough for them to sign him, along with Frank Allack and William Hodge. [2] [3] After a year in Spain he moved to French side Olympique Cettois. [1]
Gibson coached the club sides of FC Cette, [4] Montpellier, [4] Marseille, [4] Sochaux, [5] SC Bastidienne and Hispano-Bastidienne. [6]
He guided FC Cette to the 1923 Coupe de France Final, which they lost 4–2 to Red Star Olympique. [7]
He also performed the functions of a coach with the Catalonia national team once, in what was the team's first-ever game recognized by FIFA on 20 February 1912, which ended in a 7–0 loss to France. [8]
He returned to England in the 1930s, working as a gardener or groundsman. [1] He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter. [1] He died in Ruislip in 1958. [1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Henry Gibson | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
Date of death | 8 April 1958 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Ruislip, England | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Plumstead | |||
1911–1912 | Espanyol | ||
1912–1924 | Olympique Cettois | ||
Managerial career | |||
1914–1924 | FC Cette | ||
1924–1925 | Montpellier | ||
1925–1929 | Marseille | ||
1929–1934 | Sochaux | ||
1934 | SC Bastidienne | ||
1934–1935 | Hispano-Bastidienne | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur Henry Gibson, known as Victor Raine Gibson (18 July 1888 – 8 April 1958) was an English professional football player and coach active in Spain and France.
Arthur Henry Gibson was born in Woolwich in 1888. [1] He married in 1910 and had an infant daughter who died. [1] He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter. [1]
Under the name 'Victor Raine Gibson' he toured Catalonia with Plumstead FC, and in a match against RCD Espanyol on 18 May 1911, he put up a great performance which impressed the Catalan club enough for them to sign him, along with Frank Allack and William Hodge. [2] [3] After a year in Spain he moved to French side Olympique Cettois. [1]
Gibson coached the club sides of FC Cette, [4] Montpellier, [4] Marseille, [4] Sochaux, [5] SC Bastidienne and Hispano-Bastidienne. [6]
He guided FC Cette to the 1923 Coupe de France Final, which they lost 4–2 to Red Star Olympique. [7]
He also performed the functions of a coach with the Catalonia national team once, in what was the team's first-ever game recognized by FIFA on 20 February 1912, which ended in a 7–0 loss to France. [8]
He returned to England in the 1930s, working as a gardener or groundsman. [1] He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter. [1] He died in Ruislip in 1958. [1]