| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Gibson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1888 (1888-12-23) | ||
| 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) |
| –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) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Gibson was a Scottish professionalfootballer who made over 180 appearances as afull back in theFootball League forNottingham Forest andcaptained the club.[1][3][4] He also played in theScottish League forHeart of Midlothian andMorton.[5]
On 16 December 1914, four months after the outbreak of theFirst World War and the day after theFootball Battalion of theMiddlesex Regiment was established, Gibson andNottingham Forest teammatesHarry Iremonger andJoe Mercer travelled down toLondon to enlist.[6] Gibson served as acompany sergeant major in the 1st Football Battalion and held the rank ofwarrant officer class II.[4][7] He was partially buried by ashell explosionon the Somme and developedshell shock.[8]
| 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[9] | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 10 | 0 | |
| 1908–09[9] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1909–10[9] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1910–11[9] | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 18 | 0 | |||
| 1911–12[9] | Second Division | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ― | 37 | 3 | ||
| 1912–13[9] | 31 | 18 | 2 | 3 | ― | 33 | 21 | |||
| 1913–14[9] | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ― | 38 | 5 | |||
| 1914–15[9] | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ― | 38 | 5 | |||
| 1919–20[9] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 186 | 32 | 7 | 3 | ― | 183 | 35 | |||
| Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 1916–17[10] | Scottish First Division | 9 | 4 | ― | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Notts County | 1922–23[11] | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 4 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 1923–24[12] | Third Division South | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 207 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 39 | ||
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