Dave Gibson (Scottish footballer)

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Dave Gibson
Personal information
Full name David Wedderburn Gibson[1]
Date of birth (1938-09-23) 23 September 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Livingston United
1956–1962 Hibernian 41 (8)
1962–1970 Leicester City 280 (41)
1970–1972 Aston Villa 19 (1)
1972–1974 Exeter City 71 (3)
Total 411 (53)
International career
1959[2] SFA trial v SFL 1 (0)
1963–1964
Scotland
 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Wedderburn Gibson (born 23 September 1938 in

Scotland national team
.

Considered to be one of the finest and most skilful players in Leicester's history,

1964 League Cup final victory and also played in a further three cup finals for the club.[5]

Gibson earned seven caps and scored three times for

Santiago Bernabéu 12 months before Spain became European Champions.[6]

Career

Early career

Gibson, an

English
club Leicester City in January 1962 for a fee reported to have been £40,000.

Leicester City

Gibson's joined Leicester while still on national service, so his appearances in

1969 FA Cup Final
, though they lost on both occasions.

Late career and retirement

He moved to Aston Villa in September 1970 where he remained for two years before ending his career with Exeter City. He retired in 1974.

He later became a postman before running a residential care centre in Whetstone in Leicestershire.[5]

International career

Gibson made his debut for

Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid.[7]

He earned 7 caps overall, scoring 3 times.

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 June 1963
Santiago Bernabéu
, Madrid		  Spain 2–1 2–6
Friendly
2 3 October 1964 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 2–1 2–3
1965 British Home Championship
3 21 October 1964 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Finland 3–0 3–1 1966 World Cup qualification

Honours

Leicester City

  • 1969
  • 1964
    • Runner-up:
      1965

References

  1. ^ "Dave Gibson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ The selectors still have problems Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-905411-94-8
    .
  4. ISBN 0-9534409-0-7
    .
  5. ^ a b c Leicester City legend David Gibson would love to be playing today Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine thisisleicestershire.com, retrieved, 24 October 2013
  6. ^ a b Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965 rsssf.org, retrieved 20 March 2011
  7. ^ a b c d e Vallance, Matt (13 June 2013). "The night Scotland hit Spain for six in Madrid". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Gibson, Dave: The Legends Questionnaire". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  • Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd.
    ISBN 0-7524-3091-2
    .

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