Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961) was an athlete, inventor, and co-founder of the Mysto-Manufacturing Co, a firm that became the A. C. Gilbert Co. in 1916. The Erector Set, which Gilbert introduced ...

He is most famous for winning an Olympic gold medal in 1908 and inventing the Erector Set five ... to Gilbert's pole vault success. “I really do feel that he has been a part of our life and ...