Rufus Gilbert
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1884–1962)
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Rufus W. "Lefty" Gilbert (December 8, 1884 – May 29, 1962)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in 1905 and from 1907 to 1908), Bradley Polytechnic Institute (now known as Bradley University) from 1909 to 1911, and at Rose Polytechnic Institute (now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) in 1915 and from 1917 to 1920). Gilbert was also the head basketball coach at Rose Polytechnic from 1913 to 1921, tallying a mark of 39–67. His son, Louis, played college football at the University of Michigan from 1925 to 1927.
Warren, Minnesota, U.S.
Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 8, 1884 Warren, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 1962 (aged 77) Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1908–1910 | Peoria Distillers |
| 1912 | Springfield Reapers |
| 1912 | Zanesville Potters |
| 1913 | Denver Bears |
| 1913 | Terre Haute Terre-iers |
| 1914 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1914 | Jersey City Skeeters |
| 1915–1916 | Terre Haute Highlanders |
| 1917 | Richmond Quakers |
| 1921–1922 | Portland Beavers |
| Positions | First baseman, outfielder, pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1905 | Kalamazoo |
| 1907–1908 | Kalamazoo |
| 1909–1911 | Bradley |
| 1915 | Rose Polytechnic |
| 1917–1920 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1921 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Baseball | |
| 1915–1916 | Terre Haute Highlanders |
| c. 1920 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Track and field | |
| c. 1920 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1917–1921 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–53–4 (football) 39–67 (basketball) |
Gilbert played high school baseball in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[2] He was appointed as the athletic director at Rose Polytechnic in 1917, and given charge of the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams.[3]
Gilbert was later a geologist. He moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1946. He died on May 29, 1962, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1905) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Kalamazoo | 3–6 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Kalamazoo (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Kalamazoo | 0–6 | 0–5 | 5th | |||||
| 1908 | Kalamazoo | 2–7–1 | 0–4–1 | 5th | |||||
| Kalamazoo: | 5–19–1 | 3–12–1 | |||||||
| Bradley Indians (Independent) (1909–1911) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Bradley | 1–4–2 | |||||||
| 1910 | Bradley | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1911 | Bradley | 1–6 | |||||||
| Bradley: | 7–14–2 | ||||||||
| Rose Polytechnic (Independent) (1915) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Rose Polytechnic | 4–4 | |||||||
| Rose Polytechnic (Independent) (1917–1920) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Rose Polytechnic | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1918 | Rose Polytechnic | 0–2–1 | |||||||
| 1919 | Rose Polytechnic | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1920 | Rose Polytechnic | 2–6 | |||||||
| Kalamazoo: | 15–20–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 27–53–4 | ||||||||
