Ian Gillett
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Ian Gillett | |||
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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
- ^ "Ian Gillett - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "1970 - SWDFL Aussie Ruler Programme" (PDF). NSW Football History. SWDFL. 20 September 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "South West DFL: 1964 season review". Swans on Screen. Griffith FNC. 1964. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
External links
- Ian Gillett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans
- 1897–1898: Fraser
- 1899: Adamson
- 1900: Windley
- 1901: Trim
- 1902: Windley
- 1903: Fogarty
- 1904–1905: McGee
- 1906: Howson
- 1907–1908: Dolphin
- 1909: Ricketts
- 1910–1911: Thomas
- 1912: Ricketts
- 1913: H. Kelly
- 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher
- 1918–1919: Caldwell
- 1920: Belcher
- 1921: Willis
- 1922: Tandy
- 1923–1925: P. Scanlan
- 1926–1927: Pannam
- 1928: J. Scanlan
- 1929: Stanbridge
- 1930–1931: J. Scanlan
- 1932: Leonard
- 1933–1936: Bisset
- 1937: Nash
- 1938–1945: Matthews
- 1946–1948: Graham
- 1949: Lucas
- 1950–1952: Lane
- 1953–1954: Clegg
- 1955: Gunn
- 1956: Gillett
- 1957–1960: Clegg
- 1961–1971: Skilton
- 1972: Rantall
- 1973–1976: Bedford
- 1977–1979: Quade
- 1980–1984: Round
- 1984–1985: Browning
- 1986–1992: Carroll
- 1993–2002: P. Kelly
- 2003–2005: Maxfield
- 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry
- 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton
- 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk
- 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh
- 2013–2016: Jack/McVeigh
- 2017–2018: Kennedy
- 2019–2021: Kennedy/Parker/Rampe
- 2022–2023: Mills/Parker/Rampe
- 2024–: Mills
*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I
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