Scottish international Dave Gibson played for Exeter City between 1972 and 1974 having joined the club from Aston Villa. Starting his career with Hibernian he played over 300 league and cup games for Leicester City where he won the League Cup and played in two FA Cup finals. 

Dave joined Hibernian from Livingston United in 1956 after being offered twice as much money as that on the table from Hearts. After six years with the Easter Road club he joined Leicester City in January 1962 for a fee of £40,000.

While at Leicester, Dave played in four cup finals, but only managed one winners medal: the Football League Cup in 1963-64 scoring twice in the Final itself (once in each leg). Leicester City again reached the League Cup final the following season and played in the 1963 and 1969 FA Cup finals without success. During his time at Leicester, he was capped seven times by Scotland (scoring 3 goals including one against Spain in Madrid) making his full international debut versus Austria in 1963. After 280 league appearances and 41 goals for Leicester, Dave moved to Aston Villa in September 1970 where he featured in a further 19 league games netting once.

Aged thirty-three, Dave moved to Exeter City in January 1972 for a fee of £4,000. His Grecians’ debut came in a 3-1 home defeat against Northampton Town as he became a virtual ever-present during the remainder of the campaign.

Staying at St James’ Park until the end of the 1973/74 season when he retired from playing, Dave started 30 league games in 1972/73 but just sixteen the following season.

He later ran a seed and garden shop in Exmouth and then worked for the Royal Mail in Leicestershire and also ran a care home. He subsequently moved to Sturminster Newton in Dorset and wrote and published an autobiography with Chris Westcott.

Dave returned to Exeter City in January 2019 to attend a former players event at the game against Cambridge United.