Tommy Gibson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Gibson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Maxwelltown, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Full back, centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –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][2][3] He also played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian and Morton.[4]
Personal life
Gibson served as a company sergeant major in the 1st Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and held the rank of warrant officer class II.[3][5] He was partially buried by a shell explosion on the Somme and developed shell shock.[6]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Morton | 1906–07[4] | Scottish Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1907–08[7] | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 10 | 0 | |
| 1908–09[7] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1909–10[7] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1910–11[7] | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 18 | 0 | |||
| 1911–12[7] | Second Division | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ― | 37 | 3 | ||
| 1912–13[7] | 31 | 18 | 2 | 3 | ― | 33 | 21 | |||
| 1913–14[7] | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ― | 38 | 5 | |||
| 1914–15[7] | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ― | 38 | 5 | |||
| 1919–20[7] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 186 | 32 | 7 | 3 | ― | 183 | 35 | |||
| Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 1916–17[8] | Scottish First Division | 9 | 4 | ― | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Notts County | 1922–23[9] | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 4 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 1923–24[10] | Third Division South | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 207 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 39 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Wilson Cup
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ "Gibson Tommy Image 1 Notts County 1923". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ Tommy Gibson on Lives of the First World War
- ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 145-146.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The City Ground". www.thecityground.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Gibson – Hearts Career – from 04 Nov 1916 to 20 Jan 1917". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Notts County FC in the 1920's". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "SUFCdb | Player Profile". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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