Rugby player
| Birth name | William Ross Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1865-01-02)2 January 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 January 1924(1924-01-02) (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.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Royal HSFP.
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District in December 1891.
He played for Cities District against Provinces District in December 1894.
International career
He was capped fourteen times for Scotland between 1891 and 1895.
Business career
He was a teller in the Commercial Bank of Scotland on George Street, Edinburgh.
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.
His funeral took place in the Grange cemetery.
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.
References
- "William Ross Gibson". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Gibson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60558/images/40884_b206821_00248?pId=629150.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.