Matthew Gilbert High School

Matthew Gilbert High School was a high school for black students in Jacksonville, Florida. Like many black high schools of the time, it was reclassified as a junior high school after integration. It is now Matthew Gilbert Middle School.

Athletics

The Gilbert Panthers went undefeated (11–0) and won the FIAA State Football championship in 1958.

Notable alumni

• Henry Lee Adams Jr., first African-American judge in the middle district of Florida.
• Bob Hayes, Olympic sprinter, NFL Wide Receiver, the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.

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