page_title: Herb Gilbert Jr.
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Herb Gilbert Jr. / Early years
caption_attribution_description: Herb Gilbert. St.George Dragons player 1941
context_page_description: Herbert Michael Gilbert was a three-time premiership winning and State representative Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. A hooker who played with the St. George and Balmain clubs, he won premierships and made state representative appearances, both before and after active service in World War II.
context_section_description: Son of Kangaroo great Herb Gilbert, Herb Gilbert Jr started playing first grade in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership with the St. George club in 1938. In 1940 he began representative playing duties for New South Wales appearing in games III and IV in Brisbane of that year's series against Queensland.
  Gilbert played alongside his brother Jack in the St. George Dragons 1941 Grand Final winning team. The following season he again made representative appearances in Brisbane for games III and IV of the interstate series. Gilbert then played in the 1942 Grand Final loss to Canterbury-Bankstown. The outbreak of war then interrupted his football career.
caption: Herb Gilbert 1941
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