William Charles Gillespie (22 November 1894 Surry Hills, Sydney – 11 September 1945) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s.
[2] Known as "Tiger", Gillespie was a small man who played most of his career at five-eighth.
Corbett (the younger), wrote "Gillespie was called 'Tiger' because of his fierce tackling", noting also that he "was one of the lightest men big football has ever known, for he scaled only about 8st.
Tiger Gillespie captained the 1923 team[3] to the grand final, where the Rabbitohs were runners-up to Easts.
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