Herb Gilbert
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| Full name | Herbert Richmond Gilbert | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 September 1888 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gulgong, New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 January 1972 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bexley, New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Railways | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre three-quarter | ||||||||||||
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| 1921–24 | St. George Dragons | ||||||||||||
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| Position | wing, Centre three-quarter | ||||||||||||
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| Professional clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
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1911–12, 1915 1912–15 1916 1917–20 1921 |
South Sydney Rabbitohs Hull F.C. Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs St. George |
23 14 50 8 |
(24) (18) (69) (3) |
| State Representation | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1911–20 | New South Wales | 8 | (9) |
| National teams | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1911–20 | Australia | 7 | (8) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1911–20 | Australia | 7 | (8) |
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1910 | New South Wales | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1910 | Wallabies | 3 | (9) |
Herbert R. 'Herb' Gilbert (18 September 1888 – 5 January 1972) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player – a dual-code international. He represented the Wallabies in 3 Tests in 1910 and the Kangaroos in 7 Tests from 1911 to 1920, his last two as Captain. The captain-coach of the St. George Dragons club in their inaugural season, he is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century His sons, Herb Gilbert, Jr and Jack Gilbert were also notable rugby league footballers.
He was born in Gulgong, New South Wales and moved to Sydney, playing rugby union in the South Sydney district.
Gilbert was selected for New South Wales in 1910 against Queensland and then the New Zealand Māori. That same year he made his Wallaby Test debut playing in all three Tests against the All Blacks in 1910 in which the Wallabies were undefeated.
Tall and powerful for his era, Gilbert stood at 6 ft (182 cm) he weighed 13 st 7 lb (86 kg), and reputedly played his best football in the big games. He played Rugby Union for Metropolitan, New South Wales and Australia. He made his debut for New South Wales in 1910, aged 22, he played against Queensland and the New Zealand Native's Team. Gilbert learnt his football in the South Sydney District and went into the NSW and Australian teams in 1910 after ‘Dally’ Messenger defected to league. The pro-Rugby Union press boasted Gilbert was a greater asset to the Union than Dally Messenger had ever been.
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