Eppie Gibson
After attending Cockermouth Grammar School, Gibson went to Loughborough Teacher Training College where captained the rugby union team.Two more caps followed in 1951 in England's 35–10 defeat by the Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan; and in a 35–11 victory over Wales at Knowsley Road, St Helens.[3][4] Eppie Gibson played stand-off in Cumberland's 5–4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.[6] The following season Gibson played at centre as Workington won the Challenge Cup in 1952 (the first time in the club's history) as they beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093.[6] After leaving the army in 1949 Gibson became a secondary school teacher in the Whitehaven area where he met his wife, Marie.