About Gilbert Glidden
Lived 1915 – 1988 (aged 72). Gilbert Glidden was a British association football player.
Gilbert Swinburne Glidden (15 December 1915 – October 1988) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland, Port Vale, Reading, and Leyton Orient.
Career Glidden was signed to Sunderland before joining Port Vale in May 1935. He played five Second Division games and one FA Cup game in the 1935–36 season, and scored one goal in a 2–1 win over Bradford City at the Old Recreation Ground on 18 January.
Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals Sunderland 1932–33 First Division
Port Vale 1935–36 Second Division
1936–37 Third Division South
1937–38 Third Division South
1938–39 Third Division South
1945–46
1946–47 Third Division South
1947–48 Third Division South
1948–49 Third Division South
1949–50 Third Division South
111!!24!!8!!1!!3!!1!!122!!26 Leyton Orient 1950–51 Third Division South
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Who was Gilbert Glidden?
Footballer (1915-1988)
When was Gilbert Glidden born?
Gilbert Glidden was born on 15 December 1915 in Sunderland.
When did Gilbert Glidden die?
Gilbert Glidden died on 1 October 1988 in Staffordshire.
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Gilbert Glidden was an association football player.
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Gilbert Glidden was British.
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