Tom Gilbane
American football player and coach
About Tom Gilbane
Lived 1911 – 1981 (aged 70). Tom Gilbane was an american football player and athletics competitor.
Thomas Freeman Gilbane (November 4, 1911 – November 7, 1981) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he earned honorable mention 1932 All-American honors as a center. Gilbane served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania from 1934 to 1935, compiling a record of 5–11–1. Gilbane was later the chief executive officer of Gilbane Building Co., one of the largest construction companies in the United States. He died on November 7, 1981, at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
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American football player and coach
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Tom Gilbane was born on 4 November 1911.
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Tom Gilbane died on 7 November 1981 in Providence.
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Tom Gilbane was an american football player and athletics competitor.
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