- Rod Gilbert was born on July 1, 1941 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was married to Judith Christy. He died on August 19, 2021 in the USA.
- SpouseJudith Christy(April 6, 1991 - August 22, 2021) (his death)
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, 1982.
- Right winger with the National Hockey League's New York Rangers, 1960-61 thru 1977-78.
- The city of Pointe-aux-Trembles,(his birthplace), honored him by naming the hockey arena after him.
- In 2007 the National Hockey League Alumni Association honored him with the Man of the Year Award.
- In 1960 he broke a vertebra in his back after slipping on garbage on the ice while playing for Guelph in the junior Ontario Hockey Association.
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