Gibson first played
hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the
Kilruane MacDonaghs club. He eventually progressed onto the club's
senior team and was at left corner-back on the Kilruane MacDonaghs team that won the
All-Ireland Club Championship title in
1986. At inter-county level, Gibson never played at
minor or
under-21 levels, however, his performances at club level earned a call-up to the
Tipperary senior hurling team in 1986. He claimed his first inter-county silverware after giving a
man of the match display in the
1987 Munster final replay defeat of
Cork. Gibson added a
National Hurling League title to collection in
1988 before winning a second successive
Munster SHC medal. He was an unused substitute when Tipperary were beaten by
Galway in the
1988 All-Ireland final. ==Honours==