page_title: Gilbert Barker
hierarchical_section_title: Gilbert Barker
caption_attribution_description: English: Cigarette card of Gilbert Barker from the Sniders &amp; Abrahams 1908 series
context_page_description: Gilbert William Barker was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and University Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
  An ex-Wesley College player, In his debut season Gilbert was part of the 1904 Fitzroy Premiership side on the half-forward flank. He then moved into the midfield for the rest of his career with Fitzroy, before playing back at half-forward in University's first year operating in the league.
  Barker graduated as a doctor in mid 1908 and returned to Perth where he had spent 1907 as a trainee doctor.
  He married Emma Lilly Keune in 1911 and they had three children. Barker died in 1952 after a long career as a surgeon in Perth.
context_section_description: Gilbert William Barker (30 July 1882 – 6 September 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  An ex-Wesley College player, In his debut season Gilbert was part of the 1904 Fitzroy Premiership side on the half-forward flank. He then moved into the midfield for the rest of his career with Fitzroy, before playing back at half-forward in University's first year operating in the league.
  Barker graduated as a doctor in mid 1908 and returned to Perth where he had spent 1907 as a trainee doctor.
  He married Emma Lilly Keune in 1911 and they had three children. Barker died in 1952 after a long career as a surgeon in Perth.
caption: Cigarette card of Barker in 1908
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