Harry Gibson (footballer)

Harry Gibson
Personal information
Full name Harold Thomas Gibson[1]
Place of birth Hoxton, England
Playing position Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Hoxton Hall
1913–1914 Clapton Orient 30 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Harold Thomas "Harry" Gibson was an English professional football left back who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[1]

Personal life

Gibson fought with the 17th (Service) and 21st (Service) Battalions of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) for the majority of the First World War, rising 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "Harold Thomas Gibson | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
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