| Charles Gibson | |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Gateshead, County Durham, England |
| Death Place: | Stocksfield, Northumberland, England |
| Position: | Forward |
| Repyears1: | 1901 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Charles Osborne Provis Gibson (27 October 1876 – 9 November 1931) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Gateshead, Gibson was educated at Uppingham School and the University of Oxford.[1]
Gateshead, a forward, was one of three brothers to play rugby for Newcastle club Northern and gain England caps. His siblings, George and Thomas, also represented the British Lions. He won a County Championship with Northumberland in 1898 and obtained his only England cap in a 1901 match against Wales at Cardiff.[2]
An officer in the Northumberland Fusiliers, Gateshead served in France during World War I, mostly as a staff-captain with the 21st Division, until being badly wounded in 1918 and invalidated home. He was mentioned in dispatches and received the Military Cross, retiring as a brevet-colonel.[1]
Gateshead, a solicitor by profession, was partner in a firm on Grey street in Newcastle.[1]