| James Gibson | |
| Fullname: | James Burton Gibson |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
| Death Place: | , off Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey |
| Height: | 5ft 10in |
| Position: | Half back |
| Clubs1: | St Andrews University |
| Years2: | 1912–1913 |
| Clubs2: | Raith Rovers |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
James Burton Gibson (24 June 1889 – 5 September 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers as a half back.
Gibson was educated at the University of St Andrews, where he played for the football team and graduated with an M.A.[1] Prior to the First World War, he emigrated to New Zealand and became a teacher at Napier Boys' High School. On 18 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Gibson enlisted as a private in the Auckland Infantry Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[2] [3] On 4 September 1915, whilst fighting in the Gallipoli campaign, Gibson was wounded in the ribs and chest by shrapnel and was evacuated to the hospital ship .[4] He died of wounds the following day and was buried at sea on 6 September. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial and was posthumously awarded the 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.