- Gale Gilbert
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1961|12|20
Birthplace=Red Bluff, CA
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Position=Quarterback
number=7, 13
College=California
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PFR=GilbGa00
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years=1985-1986
1990-1993
1994-1995
teams=Seattle Seahawks Buffalo Bills San Diego Chargers
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HOF=Gale Reed Gilbert (born
December 20 ,1961 in Red Bluff,California ) is a formerAmerican football quarterback who played eight seasons in the NFL for theSeattle Seahawks ,Buffalo Bills , and theSan Diego Chargers .Gilbert is the only player in NFL history to be a member of five straight
Super Bowl teams. Gilbert was a member of the Bills who played in four straight Super Bowls (XXV through XXVIII) and of the Chargers who played inSuper Bowl XXIX . Gilbert was on the losing team in all five Super Bowl games.In the famous game featuring "
The Play " between the University of California Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinals, Gale Gilbert was a sophomore and the starting quarterback for the University of California.As a youth, Gilbert played catcher for Red Bluff Little League in the 1974 Little League World Series and lost in final game to Taiwan 12-1.
His son,
Garrett Gilbert , is currently playing quarterback atLake Travis High School inAustin, Texas . [ [http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/highschool/12/07/1207bohls.html "Austin American-Statesman:" Lake Travis' Gilbert is a grounded but premier passer] ] He is considered a five-star recruit in the class of 2009.[ [http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=62659&Sport=1 "Rivals.com:" Garrett Gilbert Profile] ]
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