James W. Gibson

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James W. Gibson was a former owner of the British football club, Manchester United. The club came close to ruin after the previous owner, John Henry Davies, died in 1927. Gibson injected around £40,000 more funds into the team during the Great Depression. He also funded the rebuilding of Old Trafford and started the United Youth Academy. At the end of the Second World War, he appointed Matt Busby as manager, but did not live to see Busby's greatest achievements.