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Ian Gillett

Ian Gillett
Personal information
Date of birth 20 September 1928
Date of death 28 February 2008(2008-02-28) (aged 79)
Original team(s) South Surfers
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951–1958 South Melbourne 135 (112)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ian Gillett (20 September 1928 – 28 February 2008)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s.

Gillett was a ruckman but was also capable of playing the key positions. He was South Melbourne's leading goalkicker in 1953 and won the Best and Fairest award in 1956.

Gillett was captain-coach of Coolamon Football Club from 1959 to 1963 and steered them to a premiership in 1959.[2]

Gillett was captain of the South West Football League (New South Wales) representative team that won the 1964 VFCL Country Championships.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ian Gillett - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ "1970 - SWDFL Aussie Ruler Programme" (PDF). NSW Football History. SWDFL. 20 September 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "South West DFL: 1964 season review". Swans on Screen. Griffith FNC. 1964. Retrieved 1 January 2023.


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