Richard Gibson (13 July 1866 – 28 October 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hotham/North Melbourne and South Melbourne, and later an umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
[5][6] After playing for North Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFA, Dick "Hockey" Gibson was a member of the inaugural South Melbourne VFL team in 1897 and vice-captained the club in his two VFL seasons.
In 1902, Gibson umpired the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) grand final between Collegians and Brighton.
He died at his home in Ascot Vale, Victoria on 28 October 1943.
[9][10] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1860s is a stub.