title: Ian Gillett
text: # Ian Gillett
  
  Ian Gillett (20 September 1928 – 28 February 2008) 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.
  
  Gillett was captain of the South West Football League (New South Wales) representative team that won the 1964 VFCL Country Championships.
  
  