Neil "Neilly" Gibson was a Scottish

Scotland

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

, Partick Thistle

Partick Thistle F.C.

Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

 and the Scotland national team

Scotland national football team

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.

Gibson joined Rangers in 1894 from junior side Royal Albert

Royal Albert F.C.

Royal Albert Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the town of Larkhall, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed the Albert, they were formed in 1878....

. During his time at Ibrox

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082...

, he won four consecutive league titles (1898-99

1898-99 in Scottish football

1898–99 in Scottish football was the ninth season of the Scottish Football League.-Scottish Division One:Rangers were champions of the Scottish Division One.-Scottish Division Two:...

, 1899-1900, 1900-01

1900-01 in Scottish football

The 1900–01 season was the 11th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish League Division One:Champions: Rangers-Scottish League division two:-Scottish Cup:...

 and 1901-02

1901-02 in Scottish football

The 1901–02 season was the 12th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish League Division One:-Scottish League Division Two:-Scottish Cup:...

) as well as the Scottish Cup in 1897, 1898 and 1903.

He moved to Partick Thistle in 1904 where he remained for five years.

He was capped

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 14 times by Scotland between 1895 and 1905, scoring one goal. Gibson also represented the Scottish League XI

Scottish League XI

The Scottish League XI is a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture between the English and Scottish leagues was only second in...

 11 times.

His three sons, Neil, Willie

Willie Gibson (footballer born 1898)

William "Willie" Gibson was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half.-Career:Born in Larkhall, Gibson played for Ayr United, before moving to Newcastle United, where he made over 120 appearances in the Football League....

 and James

Jimmy Gibson (footballer born 1901)

James Davidson Gibson was a Scottish footballer who played for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Glasgow Ashfield, Partick Thistle and Aston Villa. His career spanned 19 years, from 1917 to 1936....

, were also footballers, the latter a Scottish international.

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