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Sam Gilbert (born 19 August 1986) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). ==Early life== Gilbert is a rugby league convert who didn’t start playing AFL until he was 16 years old. He began at Tweed Coolangatta JAFC before switching to Southport to play in the AFLQ State League. Gilbert had a rugby league background, spending his junior days playing for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 Rugby League on the New South Wales Northern Coast.〔(Defender Sam Gilbert helps lead St Kilda charge towards AFL Premiership ) Andrew Hamilton for The Courier-Mail 24 September 2009〕 His grandfather (Jack Gilbert) and great grandfather (Herb Gilbert) played for St. George Dragons in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership. Herb was also a dual-code rugby international who captained Australia at rugby league.〔(League Boy a St Kilda Star )〕 Gilbert moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland at the age of 14, where he switched to Australian Rules at the Coolangatta-Tweed Blues,〔(Winning Change for Gilbert )〕 before moving to Southport, Queensland. He attracted the eye of talent scouts after impressing at Southport Sharks and in the Queensland Scorpions Representative Side. Gilbert is a cousin of Larry Davidson, a basketball player in the NBL. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam Gilbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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