Ian Mathers

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1930–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

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| name = Ian Mathers

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| fullname = Ian Wallace Mathers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|09|07|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Blackburn

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 91 kg

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| statsend = 1954

| years1 = 1951, 1953–54

| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals1 = 4 (0)

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Ian Mathers {{post-nominals|country=AUS|BEM|}} (7 September 1930 – 16 January 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL){{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=558}} and a big name in the Australian Brass Band community. One of the founders of the Victorian State Youth Band he has an award named after him in the Australian National Brass Band Championships and in 1981 he was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to brass banding in Australia.{{Cite web|title=It's An Honour|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1060342}}{{Cite web|title=Vale Ian Mathers B.E.M|url=https://www.dandenongband.org.au/news-cnz8/kg9bhojt25/VALE-IAN-MATHERS-BEM|access-date=2021-03-05|website=dandenong-band|language=en}}