553 David Gibson

Biography

David Gibson was born in Seaham, on the County Durham coastline, and educated in Houghton-le-Spring. He joined City as an apprentice in June 1974 and made his debut a year later against Chelsea. Hit struck the crossbar with a shot against the Blues, the closest he came to scoring for the Tigers. He played irregularly for the first team for three seasons and in the 1978 close season, with City relegated to the Third Division, Gibson transferred to Scunthorpe United. he served the Iron for a further two years, ending his professional career at the tender age of 23 and emigrating to Australia.

Details

Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 14 February 1958, Seaham
Hull City First Game: 8 November 1975, Chelsea H (Division Two), 17 years, 267 days old
Hull City Final Game: 8 March 1978, Stoke City A (Division Two), 20 years, 22 days old

Clubs

Hull City (1974-1978), Scunthorpe United (1978-1980)

Hull City Record

Career: 29 apps, 0 goals

David Gibson
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1974/75----------
1975/766 (1)0--------
1976/7710 (4)0--1 (0)0--3 (0)0
1977/783 (0)0------1 (0)0

4 thoughts on “553 David Gibson”

  1. I have a small box of odd items that belong to David Gibson that were found in the garage when we moved into our new house. Some of David Gibson’s and J Thompson’s wages slips from Hull City are enclosed. Both of these young men earned the princely sum of £8 a week in 1975!

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