Ernest Collett (17 November 1914 – 11 April 1980) was an English football player and coach, mostly associated with Arsenal.
[1] Collett was born in Sheffield and played for his working men's club team in Oughtibridge, before moving to Arsenal in 1933.
He played at wing half and was mainly a reserve, having to wait four and a half years to make his first-team debut, which he did away to Stoke City at the Victoria Ground in a First Division match on 23 October 1937; he went on to make five appearances that season, as Arsenal won the League title.
[2] Collett's best run in the Arsenal season was in 1938–39, when he made nine appearances deputising for Wilf Copping at left half.
In June 1940, he was one of five Arsenal players who guested for Southampton in a victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.