Ian Gillett | |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1928 |
Originalteam: | South Surfers |
Height: | 188 cm |
Weight: | 86 kg |
Statsend: | 1958 |
Years1: | 1951–1958 |
Club1: | South Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 135 (112) |
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]