Lewis Howe Gilbert, Jr. is an American former college and professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League for three seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He played college football for the University of Florida. Undrafted in the 1978 NFL Draft, Howe signed with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons as a free agent, and played for four different NFL teams in four years. Gilbert was born in Naples, Florida. He attended Naples High School, and played for the Naples Golden Eagles high school football team. While attending the University of Florida, he was a three-year letterman for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1974 to 1977. As a senior, he started all eleven games for the Gators. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science in 1978. In 1979, Gilbert returned to Gainesville to serve as a graduate assistant for the Gators under new head coach Charley Pell. 

May 24th, 1956 in Naples (Age 68) as Lewis Howe Gilbert, Jr.