title: Ern Wilmot
text: # Ern Wilmot
  
  Ernest Ambrose Wilmot (1898–1988) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s.
  
  ## Background
  
  Wilmot was born at Waterloo, New South Wales in 1898.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  He came through the Souths junior league to play first grade with the South Sydney Rabbitohs for four seasons between 1921 and 1924. He played hooker in the 1924 Grand Final against Balmain, in which Souths lost 3–0.
  
  ## Death
  
  Wilmot died on 13 September 1988, aged 90.
  
  