Northeastern State University Athletics

GRADUATED FROM NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1954; LETTERED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND TRACK AT NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY; SERVED AS TEACHER  AND COACH AT BARNSDALL, OK HIGH SCHOOL FOR THIRTY EIGHT YEARS; FIELDHOUSE AT BARNSDALL, OK. IS NAMED IN HIS HONOR; VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS COACHED BY JOE GILBERT AT BARNSDALL HIGH SCHOOL HAVE WON MORE THAN 2,400 GAMES; MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME; OKLAHOMA BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR IN 1983 AND 1991; SELECTED AS OKLAHOMA ALL STATE COACH IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, BOYS BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL.