Charles Gibson (born 21 June 1961) is a Scottish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who made 240 Scottish League appearances as a

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for Dumbarton. He also played in the Scottish League for

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...

Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...

, Stirling Albion and in the

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for Shrewsbury Town.

Personal life

As of 2015, Gibson was working as a personnel officer in Helensburgh.

Career statistics

Honours

Clydebank *

Scottish League Second Division The Scottish Football League Second Division was the third tier of the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013. History The Second Division was created in 1975, as part of a wider reconstruction of the Scottish Football League (SF ...

second-place promotion: 1984–85 Dumbarton * Scottish League Second Division: 1991–92 * Scottish League Second Division second-place promotion: 1994–95

References

1961 births Scottish men's footballers East Stirlingshire F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Scottish Football League players Living people Men's association football forwards English Football League players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1960s-stub