Brian Gilmore (footballer, born 1929)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1929–2024)}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Brian Gilmore

| image =

| fullname = Brian R. Gilmore

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|12|1|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|07|02|1929|12|1|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Koondrook

| height = 188 cm

| weight = 86 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1955

| years1 = 1950–1953

| club1 = Essendon

| games_goals1 = 11 (2)

| years2 = 1955

| club2 = St Kilda

| games_goals2 = 10 (2)

| games_goalstotal = 21 (4)

| careerhighlights =

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Brian Rupert Gilmore (1 December 1929 – 2 July 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Gilmore was recruited from Koondrook, a town on the Victorian side of the Murray River.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22820253 |title=ESSENDON EXPERIMENT SUCCEEDS. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=3 April 1950 |accessdate=8 March 2014 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}} A follower, Gilmore started out in the seconds in 1949, then in 1950 broke into the seniors for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=357 |title=Gilmore, Brian R. |publisher=Essendon Football Club |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424075507/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=357 |archivedate=24 April 2012 }} (archived){{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Brian_Gilmore1.html| title=Brian Gilmore| publisher=AFL Tables}} He made 11 league appearances in his time at Essendon, never more than four in a single season and was a member of the club's 1950 and 1952 seconds premierships.

In 1954, Gilmore joined Richmond, where he played briefly in the seconds, before leaving for Kyneton.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26602613 |title=RICHMOND. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=12 April 1954 |accessdate=8 March 2014 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23429286 |title=Match hinges on key duel. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=21 May 1954 |accessdate=8 March 2014 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}

He spent the 1955 VFL season with St Kilda and put together 10 games that year, all in succession, a run which ended when he was forced to sit out four weeks for striking Carlton's Noel O'Brien.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71671349 |title='I DIDNT AIM BLOW': FERRY. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=3 August 1955 |accessdate=8 March 2014 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Also a professional runner, Gilmore competed in the Stawell Gift and once won the quarter mile race.{{cite news |url=http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19520416&id=gslFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wL0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2963,5509245|title=Footballers' Gift Plan Discussed|newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=16 April 1952 |accessdate=8 March 2014 |page=6}}

Gilmore died on 2 July 2024, at the age of 94.{{cite web |title=Gilmore, Brian Rupert |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/gilmore-brian-rupert/6220700/ |website=My Tributes |access-date=15 July 2024}}