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Harry Gibson (English footballer)

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Harry Gibson
Personal information
Full name Harold Thomas Gibson[1]
Place of birth Hoxton, England
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hoxton Hall
1913–1918 Clapton Orient 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Thomas Gibson was an English professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[1]

Personal life

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Gibson fought with the 17th (Service) and 21st (Service) Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment for the majority of the First World War and rose 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] Wounds received during the course of Gibson's service caused his retirement from football in 1918.[3] After the war, it was reported that he met an American woman and emigrated to the USA.[3]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clapton Orient 1914–15[4] Second Division 15 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 15 0 0 0 15 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Harold Thomas Gibson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Our Her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 June 2017.