Knuckles Boyle

Knuckles Boyle
Position:	Tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	August 17, 1909
Place of birth:	Jeanesville, Pennsylvania
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Place of death:	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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Career information
High school:	Harrisburg (PA) Tech
College:	Albright
Career history
	New York Giants (1934); Reading Keys (1935); Pittsburgh Americans (1936);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL champion (1934);
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at PFR

Homer Reed Gilbert, who sometimes played under the name Knuckles Boyle (August 17, 1909 – January 26, 1943) was an American football tackle who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League.^[1] He attended Albright College and Shippensburg State Teachers College. Gilbert also attended Harrisburg Technical High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. He was also a member of the Reading Keys and Pittsburgh Americans.^[2]^[3] He was a member of the New York Giants team that won the 1934 NFL Championship.^[4] Gilbert used the alias "Knuckles Boyle" because he could not be enrolled at Albright College and play professional football at the same time. "Boyles" was the name of a friend and he gained the name "Knuckles" for his toughness on the football field. He also played baseball in the New York-Pennsylvania League. Gilbert was the freshman football coach of Franklin and Marshall College in 1938. He also served as a police officer in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He died of a heart attack while on duty on August 26, 1943.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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