Center, Auburn, 1960

Walter Gilbert

Born: Feb 5, 1915, in Fairfield, Alabama
Died: Aug 19, 1979, in Auburn, Alabama

Walter Gilbert played center at Auburn (1960). The Philadelphia Eagles took Gilbert in round 4, No. 31 overall in the 1937 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1936; SEC Player of the Year and First-team All-SEC
Drafted: No. 31; Round 4, 1937 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

All-America: UP second team 1935; Liberty magazine third team 1935; AP third team 1936; INS third team 1936; New York Sun first team 1935

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

1960 Auburn8–⁠2No. 13 in the final AP poll

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