Lou Gatti Explained

Lou Gatti
Fullname:	Louis John Gatti
Birth Date:	7 March 1915
Birth Place:	Chiltern, Victoria
Death Place:	Port Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:	Chiltern Valley
Height:	168 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Statsend:	1937
Years1:	1935
Games Goals1:	4 (1)
Years2:	1936–37
Games Goals2:	5 (3)
Games Goalstotal:	9 (4)

Louis John Gatti (7 March 1915 – 16 May 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Luigi Gatti (1871–1961), and Caroline Gattie (−1944), née de Carle,^[2] Louis John Gatti was born at Chiltern, Victoria on 7 March 1915.

He married Muriel Alva Nellie Ball in 1941.

Death

He died at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 16 May 1977.^[3]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.309.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164974890 The Final Call: Mrs. Caroline Gatti, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 12 February 1944), p.2.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5MdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3860%2C5021354 Deaths: Gatti, The Age, (Wednesday, 18 May 1977), p.51.