Tommy Gibson

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Tommy Gibson
Personal information
Full name Thomas Gibson[1]
Date of birth 23 December 1888
Place of birth Maxwelltown, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Full back, centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1906 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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][3][4] He also played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian and Morton.[5]

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.[4][6] He was partially buried by a shell explosion on the Somme and developed shell shock.[7]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Morton 1906–07[5] Scottish Second Division 3 0 0 0 ― 3 0
Nottingham Forest 1907–08[8] First Division 10 0 0 0 ― 10 0
1908–09[8] 7 0 0 0 ― 7 0
1909–10[8] 3 0 0 0 ― 3 0
1910–11[8] 18 0 0 0 ― 18 0
1911–12[8] Second Division 36 3 1 0 ― 37 3
1912–13[8] 31 18 2 3 ― 33 21
1913–14[8] 36 5 2 0 ― 38 5
1914–15[8] 36 5 2 0 ― 38 5
1919–20[8] 9 1 0 0 ― 9 1
Total 186 32 7 3 ― 183 35
Heart of Midlothian (loan) 1916–17[9] Scottish First Division 9 4 ― 1[a] 0 10 4
Notts County 1922–23[10] Second Division 4 0 0 0 ― 4 0
Southend United 1923–24[11] Third Division South 5 0 ― ― 5 0
Career total 207 36 7 3 1 0 215 39
  1. ^ Appearance in Wilson Cup

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Football's advent. Notts County". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Gibson Tommy Image 1 Notts County 1923". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  6. ^ Tommy Gibson on Lives of the First World War
  7. ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 145-146.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "The City Ground". www.thecityground.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Thomas Gibson – Hearts Career – from 04 Nov 1916 to 20 Jan 1917". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Notts County FC in the 1920's". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  11. ^ "SUFCdb | Player Profile". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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