Education
He attended Albright College and Shippensburg State Teachers College. Gilbert also attended Harrisburg Technical High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New New York
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Knuckles Boyle
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Gilbert used the alias "Knuckles Boyle" because he could not be enrolled at Albright College and play professional football at the same time. "Boyles" was the name of a friend and he gained the name "Knuckles" for his toughness on the football field He also played baseball in the New York-Pennsylvania League.
Gilbert was the freshman football coach of Franklin and Marshall College in 1938.
He also served as a police officer in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He died of a heart attack while on duty on August 26, 1943.
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He was also a member of the Reading Keys and Pittsburgh Americans.
