Geoff Ablett

Geoff Ablett
Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-03-13) 13 March 1955
Original team(s)	Drouin
Height / weight	1.80 m / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1973–1982 1983–1984 1985 Total	Hawthorn Richmond St Kilda	202 (135) 016 0(12) 011 00(6) 229 (153)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Career highlights
Hawthorn premiership player (1976, 1978)

Geoff Ablett (born 13 March 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s and 1980s. Ablett spent the majority of his career with Hawthorn playing 202 games on the wing. Ablett finished with short stints at Richmond and St Kilda. His younger brother Gary Ablett Sr is a Hall of Fame inductee. A third brother, Kevin, also played for Hawthorn, Richmond and Geelong. Geoff Ablett was known for his burst of speed as player, winning the Grand Final Sprint competition four times.^[1]

Ablett is currently the Station Manager at Melbourne community radio station 3SER 97.7FM Casey Radio, based in the south-eastern suburbs. He has held the role since late 2007.

In December 2008, Ablett was elected mayor of City of Casey Council which is one of Victoria's biggest councils. His son Ryan, who was once rookie listed at Hawthorn, died in 2009 at the age of 27.^[2]

Statistics

^[3]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
1973	Hawthorn	2	7	0	5	71	8	79	17	N/A	0.0	0.7	10.1	1.1	11.3	2.4	N/A
1974	Hawthorn	2	25	20	29	364	81	445	65	N/A	0.8	1.2	14.6	3.2	17.8	2.6	N/A
1975	Hawthorn	2	22	14	19	304	43	347	60	N/A	0.6	0.9	14.5	2.0	16.5	2.9	N/A
1976	Hawthorn	2	23	11	22	365	55	420	58	N/A	0.5	1.0	15.9	2.4	18.3	2.5	N/A
1977	Hawthorn	2	24	8	15	395	78	473	75	N/A	0.3	0.7	16.5	3.3	19.7	3.1	N/A
1978	Hawthorn	2	25	15	21	354	91	445	62	N/A	0.6	0.8	14.2	3.6	17.8	2.5	N/A
1979	Hawthorn	2	16	11	24	231	67	298	46	N/A	0.7	1.5	14.4	4.2	18.6	2.9	N/A
1980	Hawthorn	2	19	16	23	274	96	370	66	N/A	0.8	1.2	14.4	5.1	19.5	3.5	N/A
1981	Hawthorn	2	17	19	23	273	62	335	43	N/A	1.1	1.4	16.1	3.6	19.7	2.5	N/A
1982	Hawthorn	2	24	21	26	360	131	491	89	N/A	0.9	1.1	15.0	5.5	20.5	3.7	N/A
1983	Richmond	4	5	8	8	70	21	91	15	N/A	1.6	1.6	14.0	4.2	18.2	3.0	N/A
1984	Richmond	4	11	4	9	146	25	171	31	N/A	0.4	0.8	13.3	2.3	15.5	2.8	N/A
1985	St Kilda	15	11	6	10	187	31	218	38	N/A	0.5	0.9	17.0	2.8	19.8	3.5	N/A
Career			229	153	234	3394	789	4183	665	N/A	0.7	1.0	14.9	3.5	18.3	2.9	N/A

Notes

External links

Geoff Ablett's statistics from AFL Tables

Hawthorn Football Club 1976/78 VFL premiers

1976: Hawthorn 13.22 (100) defeated North Melbourne 10.10 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1978: Hawthorn 18.13 (121) defeated North Melbourne 15.13 (103), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Ablett 3. Matthews 6. Moncrieff 10. Polkinghorne 14. Martello 15. Moore 17. Tuck 23. Scott (c) 24. Knights 25. Hendrie 26. Eade 43. Murnane

Ablett family tree

Unknown*

Alfred*

Fay Tuck née Ablett*

Michael Tuck

Michael

Ryan

Notes

An asterisk denotes that the family member was never VFL/AFL-listed. Non-VFL/AFL-listed family members were not included in the family tree unless they were necessary to provide a connection between family members.
Michael is disconnected because, while he is part of the family, it is unknown how he is related to the other members.
When the family member's surname is not stated, their surname is Ablett.

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