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{{Short description|American jockey}}
{{redirect|Roy Gilbert|the fictional character|Bloodline (TV series)#Recurring cast}}
{{Infobox horseracing personality
|name = Roy Gilbert
|image =
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|occupation = [[Jockey]]
|birth_place = [[London, Kentucky]], [[United States]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1938|06|18}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1961|4|4|1938|06|18}}
|career wins = 174
|race = [[Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes|Swift Stakes]] (1961)<br>[[John B. Campbell Handicap]] (1961)<br>[[Bay Shore Stakes|Bay Shore Handicap]] (1961)
|awards =
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|horses = [[Merry Ruler]]
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'''Roy Lee Gilbert''' (June 18 1938<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62344883/roy-lee-gilbert|title=Roy Lee Gilbert (1938-1961) - Find a Grave|website=[[Find a Grave]] }}</ref> – April 4, 1961) was an American [[Thoroughbred horse race|Thoroughbred horse racing]] [[jockey]] who died as a result of a racing accident. A [[United Press International]] news release at the time of his death called him "one of the most promising young jockeys in the country."<ref name=nevada>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cEcrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=otQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=924,3949558&dq=one+of+the+most+promising+young+jockeys+in+the+country&hl=en |title=Young Jockey Killed in Spill|agency=United Press International|work=The Nevada Daily Mail|date=April 5, 1961|location=New York }}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[London, Kentucky]], Roy Gilbert was one of 19 children.<ref name=nevada/><ref>{{cite news| url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1708410962.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+05%2C+1961&author=&pub=The+Sun+%281837-1985%29&desc=Gilbert+Dies+After+Aqueduct+Fall&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120720234606/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1708410962.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+05,+1961&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Gilbert+Dies+After+Aqueduct+Fall&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= July 20, 2012 |title= Gilbert Dies After Aqueduct Fall|work= The Baltimore Sun}}</ref> He began working in the Thoroughbred racing industry in 1954 as a stable hand then as an exercise rider for the future [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]] [[Horse trainer|trainer]], [[Woody Stephens]]. In 1957, Gilbert began riding professionally but in June 1958 was sidelined for a time after he suffered a broken leg as a result of being thrown from his horse during a race at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey]].

==Death==
On April 4, 1961, at [[Aqueduct Racetrack]] in [[Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]], Gilbert was thrown from his horse Plenty Papaya, during the fourth race, and struck his head on the concrete base of a rail post. He died on the way to hospital. He was a few months shy of his 23rd birthday.<ref>{{cite news|magazine=TIME|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872270,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204220225/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872270,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |date=April 14, 1961|title=Sport: The Loser}}</ref><ref name=nevada/>

==Personal life==
His brother William had been a jockey, and their nephew, Bobby Gilbert, became a jockey in 1975 at age 17.{{cn|date=September 2018}}

==References==
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[[Category:1938 births]]
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[[Category:Accidental deaths in New York (state)]]
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[[Category:Jockeys who died while racing]]
[[Category:People from London, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Sports deaths in New York (state)]]

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