Jack Gilbert (footballer)

Not to be confused with Jack Gilbert (rugby league).

Jack Gilbert
Personal information
Full name John Walter Gilbert
Date of birth (1875-03-25)25 March 1875
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 4 January 1973(1973-01-04) (aged 97)
Place of death Glen Iris, Victoria
Original team(s) Fitzroy Crescent
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1899–1900 Carlton 9 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Walter Gilbert (25 March 1875 – 4 January 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Gilbert was born in Fitzroy with the name John Walter Giblett[2] but used the surname Gilbert for all his adult life.

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Victoria". Government of Victoria.