Born in 1916, he played for Richmond from 1939 to 1943, winning a premiership in his final game in the VFL.
He was later the club president and is a member of the Ovens & Murray Football League Hall of Fame.
Gary returned to Geelong at the start of 2018; he played a further 55 games and kicked a further 59 goals.
Gary's career stats are 357 games, 445 goals, 2 premierships, and 2 Brownlow medals.
[11] He made a brief comeback in 2011 with Gold Coast, once again joining his brother, playing 2 games and scoring 1 goal before being delisted.
[12][13] MICHAEL ABLETT – Another Ablett, from this generation, is Michael, (son of Lenny who is Geoff, Kevin & Gary's brother) was on North Melbourne's rookie list for at least 2000 but never made his AFL debut.
Michael played in 7 premiership sides (1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991)[16] He held the record for most VFL/AFL games in history.
[17] SHANE TUCK – Michael, like Gary Ablett Sr., had two sons who played senior AFL football.
[21] The Ablett family collective AFL stats – 1747 games, 2074 goals, 14 premierships, 1 Norm Smith medal, 2 Brownlow medals, 7 times club best and fairest, 7 Coleman medals, 12 times club's leading goal kicker, 14 years as club captain, 19 times All-Australian.