Over his career, Gilbert played in Major League Baseball from 1928 to 1932 as a third baseman with the Brooklyn Robins and the Cincinnati Reds. In addition, he played in the National Football League from 1923 to 1926 for the Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos, as well as for the Buffalo Germans, Denver Tigers and Two Harbors All-Stars basketball squads.\n', '

Gilbert was born in 1900 in Oscoda, Michigan. He moved to Duluth, Minnesota, as a child. At the time of the 1910 U.S. Census, he was living with his parents, Walter and Minnie Gilbert, in Duluth\'s 7th Ward. At the time of the 1920 U.S. Census, Gilbert\'s father, Walter Gilbert, Sr., was employed as a laborer in a Duluth steel plant.\n', '

Gilbert graduated from Denfeld High School in Duluth where he starred in baseball, basketball and football. He led Denfeld\'s football team to a city championship before graduating in 1920.\n', '

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