George Gibson

George signed for Dundee from Kirkintilloch Rob Roy on 26^th February 1923. He was 19 years of age, and was 5ft 9inches tall. He had previously played a few “A” team matches as a trialist using the name “Gibb.”

He was born in Hamilton in 1903, but his date of birth is sometimes wrongly stated as 1907.

A year later, at the end of February 1924, he was loaned to St Johnstone, who were pushing for promotion.

In his final game at Dens Park, a week before his move, he scored three goals against Aberdeen in a Northern Alliance “derby”. It was reported that “his forcing work was good, leading out all that could be expected both with and against a strong breeze, and his shooting – well, he got three past the Aberdeen keeper. The last two were superb efforts from long range into the top of the net.”

On his return to Dundee he featured mainly in “A” team matches, with only the occasional foray in the first team.

February 1925 saw George transferred to Hamilton Academicals. He left Dundee on good terms, he was described as being “built on strong lines, and with good ball control.”

After two seasons with the Accies, another transfer took him south of the border, and he joined Bolton Wanderers in 1927, and was part of the F.A. Cup winning team of 1929.

In 1933 he joined his final professional club, Chelsea signed him after a good performance when they played Bolton. He was there for five seasons, before receiving a free transfer in 1939. His last season with the club saw him suffer with health issues, and injuries. At one point he was hospitalised suffering from peritonitis.

When WW2 started, and football was disrupted, some of the Chelsea team joined the Police, and were trained at Harrow. Their Gym Instructor there was George Gibson.