Matthew Gilbert High School
# 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.
