Brian Phillip Gilmore (8 July 1933 – 29 November 1959) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Footscray in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(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 Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had a population of 29,808 per the 2021 Australian Census. The city is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers, ...

in 1959. His grandson Daniel Gilmore played in the AFL for Fremantle.

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* 1933 births 1959 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Western Bulldogs premiership players Yarraville Football Club players Road incident deaths in Victoria (state) VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub