William Gibson (rugby union)
Birth name | William Ross Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 January 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 January 1924 | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Gibson (2 January 1865 – 2 January 1924) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Royal HSFP.[2]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District in December 1891.[2]
He played for Cities District against Provinces District in December 1894.[3]
International career
He was capped fourteen times for Scotland between 1891 and 1895.[4]
Business career
He was a teller in the Commercial Bank of Scotland on George Street, Edinburgh.[5]
Family
His parents were John Gibson and Jane Ross. They had 5 sons including William.
Death
The notice in The Scotsman newspaper stated that Gibson died suddenly.[6]
His funeral took place in the Grange cemetery.[6]
Confirmation to his estate went to his brother and next of kin Thomas Gibson, who was a Writer to the Signet. William Gibson left £1547 and 3 shillings in his estate.[5]
References
- ^ "William Ross Gibson". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18941224/033/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Gibson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "Join Ancestry".
- ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19240104/107/0012 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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