Brian Gilmore was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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 in the VFL

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 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. Gilmore was killed in a car accident near Wangaratta, Victoria

Wangaratta, Victoria

Wangaratta is a cathedral city of almost 17,000 people in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, about from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla to the southwest, and Albury-Wodonga to the northeast. It is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers which flow from the...

 in 1959.

His grandson Daniel Gilmore

Daniel Gilmore

Daniel Gilmore is a former Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League.After playing nine games in 2004, he had a frustrating 2005, only playing two games and appearing emergency nine times...

plays in the AFL for Fremantle.

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