William Gibson was a
Scottish 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 played as a
full back for
Morton Morton may refer to:
People
* Morton (surname)
* Morton (given name)
Fictional
* Morton Koopa, Jr., a character and boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
* A character in the ''Charlie and Lola'' franchise
* A character in the 2008 film '' Horton ...
and
Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
in his native country during the 1920s,
also spending time in the United States where he featured for three
American Soccer League clubs, and in Northern Ireland, winning the
1930–31 Irish League with Glentoran and also representing the
Irish League XI The Irish League representative team was the representative side of the Irish Football League, the national league for football in Northern Ireland from 1922 and, prior to that the league for Ireland.
The Irish League was suspended from 1941–42 t ...
in October 1930.
Football Scotland's Inter-League Victory
The Glasgow Herald,
References
Scottish men's footballers
Dumbarton F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Footballers from Inverclyde
Greenock Morton F.C. players
Men's association football defenders
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930) players
New Bedford Whalers players
Boston Soccer Club players
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Irish League representative players
NIFL Premiership players
Glentoran F.C. players
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