Geoff Ablett (born 13 March 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the

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(VFL) during the 1970s and 1980s. Ablett spent the majority of his career with

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, playing 202 games on the wing. Ablett finished with short stints at Richmond and St Kilda. His younger brother

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is a Hall of Fame inductee. A third brother,

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, also played for Hawthorn, Richmond and Geelong. Geoff Ablett was known for his burst of speed as player, winning the Grand Final Sprint competition four times. Ablett was the station president at Melbourne community radio station

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, based in the south-eastern suburbs. He held the role from late 2007. In December 2008, Ablett was elected mayor of City of Casey Council, one of Victoria's biggest councils. Ablett was the unsuccessful

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candidate for the

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at both the 2010 and

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. Ablett was a councillor at the City of Casey when it was dismissed in 2020. This dismissal of the council followed an investigation by the Victorian

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into “allegations property developer John Woodman paid City of Casey councillors in exchange for favourable planning votes.” The hearing heard that Ablett “received more than $300,000 from Mr Woodman”, including “$5,000 a month to look after” a racehorse that Mr Woodman was a part owner of. Mr Ablett responded that racehorses “are very expensive to keep.” His son Ryan, who was once rookie listed at Hawthorn, died in 2009 at the age of 27.

Statistics

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1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ablett, Geoff 1955 births Living people Geoff Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Richmond Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players