Merlin “Boody’’ Gilbertson, the last surviving member of the 1940 Everett High boys’ basketball team still regarded as one of the most dominant in state history and later a three-year letterman in that sport for the Washington Huskies, died on May 23.
Merlin “Boody’’ Gilbertson, the last surviving member of the 1940 Everett High boys’ basketball team still regarded as one of the most dominant in state history and later a three-year letterman in that sport for the Washington Huskies, died on May 23.
Gilbertson, 92, died of pneumonia in Everett .
Gilbertson, who was not related to former UW football coach Keith Gilbertson, was born on a farm in Richland County, Wis.