Rufus Gilbert

Rufus W. "Lefty" Gilbert, Bradley Polytechnic Institute from 1909 to 1911, and at Rose Polytechnic Institute. Gilbert was also the head basketball coach at Rose Polytechnic from 1913 to 1921, tallying a mark of 39–67. His son, Louis, played college football at the University of Michigan from 1925 to 1927.
Gilbert played high school baseball in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was appointed as the athletic director at Rose Polytechnic in 1917, and given charge of the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams.
Gilbert was later a geologist. He moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1946. He died on May 29, 1962, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction.