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Brian Gilmore

Brian Gilmore
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-07-08)8 July 1933
Date of death 29 November 1959(1959-11-29) (aged 26)
Place of death Wangaratta, Victoria
Original team(s) Yarraville
Height / weight 193 cm / 83 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1958 Footscray 105 (61)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Gilmore (8 July 1933 – 29 November 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.

Gilmore was a follower in Footscray's 1954 premiership side and had the honour of having the ball in his hands when the siren sounded. He also represented Victoria at interstate football.

He was killed in a car accident near Wangaratta, Victoria in 1959.

His grandson Daniel Gilmore played in the AFL for Fremantle.



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