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
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.

He made his debut for Buller as a 19-year old in 1930. At one point in his career he played a few games as a centre three-quarter.

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. He returned to New Zealand following the outbreak of World War II in 1939 having become captain of the Bradford side. He was reinstated to rugby union in 1995.