Len Ablett

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Len Ablett

| image =

| fullname = Leonard George Ablett

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|5|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Myrtleford, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|19|1916|5|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Wangaratta, Victoria

| originalteam = Myrtleford

| height = 184 cm

| weight = 87 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1943

| years1 = 1939–1943

| club1 = Richmond

| games_goals1 = 70 (5)

| careerhighlights = *Richmond Premiership player 1943

}}

Leonard George Ablett (10 May 1916 – 19 December 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the VFL during the early 1940s.

Ablett joined Richmond from the Victorian town of Myrtleford. He came off the bench as a reserve in Richmond's 1943 premiership side, his last game in the VFL.

Ablett returned to Myrtleford and was the club's best-and-fairest player in its inaugural Ovens and Murray Football League season in 1950.[http://mp3.news.com.au/hwt/cfpdf/Ovens%20and%20Murray%20FL/myrtleford%20wodonga%20raiders.pdf Herald Sun]

The pavilion at Myrtleford's home ground of McNamara Reserve was named after him in 1974. He was the club's first life member and served 20 years as president. Ablett also served as a councillor and president with the Shire of Myrtleford.[http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/local/news/general/townrsquos-footy-civic-leader-laid-to-rest/192029.aspx Border Mail, 28 December 2006]

Ablett was the uncle of mercurial VFL/AFL footballer Gary Ablett Sr. and helped recruit him to Myrtleford for one season in 1983.[http://www.countryfootyscores.com/media-articles/159-bush-beat-with-ken-piesse/3101-favourite-sons-of-the-ovens-a-murray.html Favourite sons of the Ovens and Murray] He was the first member of the famous Ablett family to win a premiership.