Bob Gilbert (rugby league)
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Full name | James Robert Gilbert | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bexley, New South Wales | 2 May 1923|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 July 1991 Chifley, Australian Capital Territory | (aged 68)|||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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James Robert 'Bob' Gilbert (2 May 1923 – 23 July 1991) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.[2]
Gilbert was the youngest son of the legendary rugby league player Herb Gilbert and brother of Herb Gilbert Jr. and Jack Gilbert. After returning from active service in World War II, Bob Gilbert played 4 games with St. George Dragons during 1945.[3] He continued in the lower grades at Saints until the late 1940s before retirement.[4]
Gilbert died in Chifley, Australian Capital Territory on 23 July 1991.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Bob Gilbert - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ St.GEORGE CALL (Kogarah) 16/5/1945 Bob Gilbert reference https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233602856?searchTerm=%22st.george%22%20%22bob%20gilbert%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1945
- ^ WW2 Nominal Roll (Bob Gilbert) http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=271094
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald - Death Notice 15/7/1991
Categories:
- St. George Dragons players
- Australian rugby league players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league centres
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- 1923 births
- 1991 deaths
- Australian Army soldiers
- Australian rugby league biography, 1920s birth stubs