Rufus W. Gilbert (December 8, 1884 – 1962)
was an
American football
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,
basketball
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, and
baseball
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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at
Kalamazoo College (1905, 1907–1908), Bradley Polytechnic Institute—now known as
Bradley University (1909–1911), and at Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1915, 1917–1920). Gilbert was also the head basketball coach at Rose Polytechnic from 1913 to 1921, tallying a mark of 39–67. His son,
Louis Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
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Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
, played college football at the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
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from 1925 to 1927.
Head coaching record
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1884 births
1962 deaths
Bradley Braves football coaches
Kalamazoo Hornets football coaches
Minor league baseball managers
Rose–Hulman Fightin' Engineers football coaches
Rose–Hulman Fightin' Engineers men's basketball coaches
Peoria Distillers players
Springfield Reapers players
Terre Haute Highlanders players
Terre Haute Terre-iers players
Zanesville Potters players
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