Victor Gibson

Victor Gibson

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Henry Gibson
Date of birth	(1888-07-18)18 July 1888
Place of birth	Woolwich, England
Date of death	8 April 1958(1958-04-08) (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.

Early and personal life

Arthur Henry Gibson was born in Woolwich in 1888. He married in 1910 and had an infant daughter who died. He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter.

Playing career

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. After a year in Spain he moved to French side Olympique Cettois.

Coaching career

Gibson coached the club sides of FC Cette, Montpellier, Marseille, Sochaux, SC Bastidienne and Hispano-Bastidienne.

He guided FC Cette to the 1923 Coupe de France Final, which they lost 4–2 to Red Star Olympique.

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.

Later life and death

He returned to England in the 1930s, working as a gardener or groundsman. He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter. He died in Ruislip in 1958.