Gilbert Colgate, Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
He was born and died in New York City.
Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate, Sr., who was the grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company.
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