George Gibson (American football)

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George Randall Gibson (October 2, 1905 – August 19, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a guard at the University of Minnesota from 1926 to 1928. He was captain of the 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and was named to the 1928 College Football All-America Team. Gibson was a teammate and roommate of Bronko Nagurski. The two are jointly honored as the namesakes of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football training complex, the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex. While at the University of Minnesota, Gibson was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Gibson later worked as an assistant coach at Minnesota. Gibson was one of eleven All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film Maybe It's Love. Gibson was a professional player and coach in the early National Football League (NFL). In 1930, Gibson joined the Minneapolis Red Jackets as a player-coach. Later that season, he moved to the Frankford Yellow Jackets. His career NFL coaching record was 3–10–1. Gibson later coached the line at Carleton College and signed a contract to play with the Green Bay Packers but did not play. Instead, he chose to earn his Ph.D. in geology from the Unive

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