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George Gibson (other)
George Gibson may refer to: Sportspeople * George Gibson (baseball) (1880–1967), Canadian baseball player * George Gibson (American football) (1905–2004), American football player * George Gibson (Tasmania cricketer) (1827–1873), Australian cricketer * George Gibson (Victoria cricketer) (1827–1910), Australian cricketer * George Ralph Gibson (1878–1939), English rugby union player * George Gibson (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1977), Scottish footballer (Hamilton, Bolton, Chelsea) * George Gibson (footballer, born 1912) (1912–1990), English footballer * George Gibson (footballer, born 1945), Scottish footballer * George Gibson (footballer, born 2000), Norwegian footballer * George Gibson (Australian footballer) (1885–1933), Australian footballer for Essendon and Richmond Others * George Gibson, Lewis and Clark Expedition member * George Gibson (Commissary General) (1775–1861), United States Army's first Commissary General of Subsistence * George Gibson (trade un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (baseball)
George C. Gibson (July 22, 1880 – January 25, 1967), nicknamed Mooney, was a Canadians, Canadian professional baseball player, Coach (baseball), coach, Scout (sport), scout, and Manager (baseball), manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1905 to 1918, most prominently for the Pittsburgh Pirates where he played the bulk of his career and was a member of the 1909 World Series winning team. Gibson spent the final two years of his career as a player-coach for the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants. He later became a Minor League Baseball, minor league manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs (International League), Toronto Maple Leafs before returning to the major leagues as a manager for the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. Gibson played during a period in baseball history known as the Dead-ball era and, was regarded as one of the National League's premier catchers because of his impressive defensive skills and his strong, accurate throwing arm. He was also known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (Australian Footballer)
George Stormouth Henry Gibson (23 June 1885 – 31 December 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Richmond in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links *George Gibson's profileat Australianfootball.com 1885 births 1933 deaths Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Essendon Football Club players Richmond Football Club players South Bunbury Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1885-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stacey Gibson
George Stacey Gibson FLS (20 July 1818 – 11 April 1883), was a British banker, botanist and philanthropist. Early life George Stacey Gibson was born in Saffron Walden, Essex on 20 July 1818, the only child of Wyatt George Gibson (1790–1862) and Deborah, daughter of George Stacey of Alton, Hampshire. He was a nephew of Jabez Gibson. Career The Gibson family of Saffron Walden owned a brewery, an extensive chain of public houses, a bank and a number of substantial residential properties in the town. As a botanist, Gibson discovered various plants, was made a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1847, and published ''Flora of Essex''. However, after the death of his father had to focus on running the Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, of which he was the sole proprietor. In 1874, he had William Eden Nesfield build a new bank on the east side of the Market Place. It is now a branch of Barclays Bank and Grade II* listed. Personal life On 16 July 1845, he married Elizabeth Tuke, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson Coote
George Gibson Coote (August 18, 1880 – November 24, 1959) was a Canadian accountant, bank manager, farmer, and federal politician. Political career Coote was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1921 Canadian federal election as a Progressive Party of Canada candidate in the Macleod electoral district. He defeated 3 other candidates in a landslide. Coote ran for re-election in the 1925 Canadian federal election he won a hotly contested election against former Conservative Member of Parliament John Herron and Alberta MLA Thomas Milnes. Less than a year later he defended his incumbency after the governing coalition fell apart in the 1926 Canadian federal election. He was elected defeating John Herron increasing his plurality. He ran in that election under the United Farmers of Alberta banner. Coote ran for his 5th term in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1930 Canadian federal election and was re-elected. Coote was a member of the Ginger Group of radical MPs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ernest Gibson
George Ernest Gibson (November 9, 1884 – August 26, 1959) was a Scottish-born American nuclear chemist. Early years George Ernest Gibson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated partly in Germany where he attended a gymnasium in Darmstadt, finishing his schooling in Edinburgh. He studied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh receiving his B.Sc. in 1906. He worked with Otto Lummer at the former University of Breslau (now University of Wrocław) where he received his Ph.D in 1911, and stayed there as lecturer for two additional years before returning to the University of Edinburgh in 1912. Work In 1913 he became professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Two of his students were awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, William Giauque and Glenn T. Seaborg. In 1927 he stayed a year with Walter Heitler in Göttingen as a Guggenheim Fellow. He retired in 1954 and died in 1959. Honors He was elected in 1923 a Fellow of the American Physical Society The American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (trade Unionist)
George Gibson CH (3 April 1885 – 4 February 1953) was a British mental hospital attendant, trade unionist and public servant who was General Secretary of the National Asylum Workers' Union, later renamed the Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union, from 1913 to 1947, then of the Confederation of Health Service Employees, into which the previous union merged, from 1947 to 1948. He was ruined through his largely innocent association with the fraudster Sidney Stanley, which was exposed by the Lynskey Tribunal in 1948. Gibson was born in Calton, a suburb of Glasgow, the son of Irish-born Johnston Gibson, a drysalter (maker of vinegar and castor oil) who later successively owned a fish and chip shop, a fish shop and a newsagent. Gibson's mother, Mary, was Scottish. Although he was a good scholar, Gibson left school at the age of eleven and held a variety of jobs before moving to England in 1910 to become an attendant at Winwick Asylum in Warrington. On 10 July 1910 he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (Commissary General)
George Gibson (1775–1861) was the United States Army's first Commissary General of Subsistence, holding the office from 1818 to 1861. He served as an infantry officer during the War of 1812, then briefly as Quartermaster General, before being appointed Commissary General. When he died he was the oldest serving officer in the army. Early life Gibson was the son of Colonel George Gibson, commanding officer of the 1st Virginia State Regiment during the Revolutionary War, and later killed in action at the Battle of Wabash 1791 during the Northwest Indian War. Military career When the army expanded in 1808, Gibson was commissioned captain from civilian life in the 5th Infantry. He was promoted to major in the 7th Infantry in 1811. During the War of 1812, Gibson was taken prisoner of war at the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812. Later exchanged, he was in 1813 promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 5th Infantry. After the end of the war, the large reduction in army size le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis And Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select group of U.S. Army and civilian volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark. Clark and 30 members set out from Camp Dubois, Illinois, on May 14, 1804, met Lewis and ten other members of the group in St. Charles, Missouri, then went up the Missouri River. The expedition crossed the Continental Divide of the Americas near the Lemhi Pass, eventually coming to the Columbia River, and the Pacific Ocean in 1805. The return voyage began on March 23, 1806, at Fort Clatsop, Oregon, and ended on September 23 of the same year. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (footballer, Born 2000)
George Nuah Gibson (born 17 August 2000) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for PO Xylotymbou. From Tønsberg, he started his youth career with IL Flint before joining Sandefjord's youth system in summer 2016. In 2018, he made his senior first-team debut, being Sandefjord's first player born in the 2000s, and was also selected for Norway's youth national team. He left Sandefjord after the 2020 season and subsequently joined Norwegian Second Division club Øygarden. He only made seven appearances for Øygarden before moving to Florø is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Kinn, Vestland, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is No ... in August 2021. In the winter of 2022 he moved abroad, to Cypriot second-tier side PO Xylotymbou. References 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Tønsberg Norwegian people of Ghanaian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (American Football)
George Randall Gibson (October 2, 1905 – August 19, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a guard at the University of Minnesota from 1926 to 1928. He was captain of the 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and was named to the 1928 College Football All-America Team. Gibson was a teammate and roommate of Bronko Nagurski. The two are jointly honored as the namesakes of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football training complex, the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex. While at the University of Minnesota, Gibson was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Gibson was a professional player and coach in the early National Football League (NFL). In 1930, Gibson joined the Minneapolis Red Jackets as a player-coach. Later that season, he moved to the Frankford Yellow Jackets. His career NFL coaching record was 3–10–1. Gibson was one of eleven All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film '' Maybe It's Love''. After his football caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (footballer, Born 1958)
George Gibson may refer to: Sportspeople * George Gibson (baseball) (1880–1967), Canadian baseball player * George Gibson (American football) (1905–2004), American football player * George Gibson (Tasmania cricketer) (1827–1873), Australian cricketer * George Gibson (Victoria cricketer) (1827–1910), Australian cricketer * George Ralph Gibson (1878–1939), English rugby union player * George Gibson (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1977), Scottish footballer (Hamilton, Bolton, Chelsea) * George Gibson (footballer, born 1912) (1912–1990), English footballer * George Gibson (footballer, born 1945), Scottish footballer * George Gibson (footballer, born 2000), Norwegian footballer * George Gibson (Australian footballer) (1885–1933), Australian footballer for Essendon and Richmond Others * George Gibson, Lewis and Clark Expedition member * George Gibson (1775–1861), United States Army's first Commissary General of Subsistence. * George Gibson (trade unionist) (1885–195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (footballer, Born 1945)
George F. Gibson (born 11 November 1945) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a central defender and midfielder. Career Gibson played in Scotland and Australia for West Calder United, Falkirk and Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club, based in Belmore, New South Wales, Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, that plays in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The Club was founded as Pan- .... References External linksGeorge Gibsonat Aussie Footballers 1945 births Living people Scottish footballers West Calder United F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Sydney Olympic FC players Scottish Football League players Association football defenders Association football midfielders Scottish expatriate footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia National Soccer League (Australia) players Expatriate soccer players in Australia {{Scotland-footy-defender-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
