George Gibb (footballer)

George Gibb (1891 – 7 June 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark as a left half.

Personal life

Gibb was serving as an acting lance sergeant in the 1st/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War when he died of wounds on 7 June 1917. He was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery.

References

Scottish men's footballers

1917 deaths

Military personnel from North Lanarkshire

British Army personnel of World War I

British military personnel killed in World War I

1891 births

Glasgow Highlanders soldiers

Scottish Football League players

Cambuslang Rangers F.C. players

Third Lanark A.C. players

Footballers from Wishaw

Men's association football wing halves

Men's association football fullbacks

Burials at Étaples Military Cemetery

Scottish Junior Football Association players