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

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

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

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Harold Thomas Gibson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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.
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