Len Ablett

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.

Len Ablett
Personal information
Full name	Leonard George Ablett
Date of birth	(1916-05-10)10 May 1916
Place of birth	Myrtleford, Victoria
Date of death	19 December 2006(2006-12-19) (aged 90)
Place of death	Wangaratta, Victoria
Original team(s)	Myrtleford
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1939–1943	Richmond	70 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership player 1943
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Ablett was the uncle of mercurial VFL/AFL footballer Gary Ablett Sr. and helped recruit him to Myrtleford for one season in 1983.^[3] He was the first member of the famous Ablett family to win a premiership.