title: Lou Gatti
text: # Lou Gatti
  
  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).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Luigi Gatti (1871–1961), and Caroline Gattie (−1944), née de Carle, 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.
  
  