Mike Gilbert (rugby player)

Mike Gilbert

Full name	Graham Duncan McMillan Gilbert
Date of birth	(1911-03-01)1 March 1911
Place of birth	Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
Date of death	13 February 2002(2002-02-13) (aged 90)
Place of death	Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
School	Westport Technical College
Rugby league career
Position	Fullback
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1938–39	Bradford Northern
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
New Zealand No.	407
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1930 1931–1937	Buller West Coast
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1935–36	New Zealand	4	(20)

Graham Duncan McMillan "Mike" Gilbert (1 March 1911 – 13 February 2002) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player. A rugby union fullback, Gilbert represented Buller and West Coast at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1935 to 1936. He played 27 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.^[1]

Gilbert changed codes at the end of 1937, and travelled to England where he joined rugby league club Bradford Northern as a fullback in 1938.^[2][3][4] He returned to New Zealand following the outbreak of World War II in 1939 having become captain of the Bradford side.^[5] He was reinstated to rugby union in 1995.^[1]

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