Ian Gillett

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ian Gillett

| image =

| birth_date = 20 September 1928

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|2|28|1928|9|20|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = South Surfers

| height = 188 cm

| weight = 86 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1958

| years1 = 1951–1958

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 135 (112)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Ian Gillett (20 September 1928 – 28 February 2008){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Ian%2BGillett/8103|title=Ian Gillett - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=20 November 2014}} 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.{{cite web |title=1970 - SWDFL Aussie Ruler Programme |url=https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1970-09-20-SWDFL-The-Aussie-Ruler-Vol.-11-No.-23.pdf |website=NSW Football History |publisher=SWDFL |access-date=1 January 2023 |pages=9 |date=20 September 1970}}

Gillett was captain of the South West Football League (New South Wales) representative team that won the 1964 VFCL Country Championships.{{cite web |title=South West DFL: 1964 season review |url=https://www.swansonscreen.com/1964 |website=Swans on Screen |publisher=Griffith FNC |access-date=1 January 2023 |date=1964}}