Ian Gillett

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
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.

External links

  • Ian Gillett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans
VFL/AFL
  • 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
AFLW
*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I
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Bob Skilton Medal · Sydney Swans best and fairest winners
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South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans · leading goalkickers
VFL/AFL
AFL Women's


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