Gilbert Lefebvre (March 10, 1910 – May 7, 1987) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player. He played professional football for the Cincinnati Reds from 1933 to 1934. In December 1933, he set an NFL record with a 98-yard punt return that was not broken until 1994. In 1935, he appeared in one game for the 1935 Detroit Lions team that won the

1935 NFL Championship Game The 1935 NFL Championship game was the third National Football League (NFL) title game, held December 15 at University of Detroit Stadium (Titan Stadium) in Detroit, Michigan. The 1935 champion of the Western Division was the Detroit Lions (7– ...

. He later played with the Los Angeles Bulldogs, Hollywood Braves and Hollywood Stars in Pacific Coast football competition.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:LeFebvre, Gil 1910 births 1987 deaths Detroit Lions players Cincinnati Reds (NFL) players People from Douglas, Arizona Players of American football from Arizona