Australian rules footballer
| Lionel Ollington | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lionel Vivian Ollington | ||
| Date of birth | (1927-12-19)19 December 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Smithton, Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 23 May 2014(2014-05-23) (aged 86) | ||
| Original team(s) | Montague Rovers | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1953 | Footscray | 5 (3) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lionel Vivian "Nappy" Ollington (19 December 1927 – 23 May 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He was later known as an organizer and promoter of the traditional Australian gambling game Two-up. He was operating outside the law for two decades but eventually permitted to hold legal games annually on Anzac Day. The traditional Anzac Day two up games at Flemington Racetrack are being continued by Lionel Ollington's son.
Notes
- "Lionel Vivian Ollington". Find a Grave.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 678. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- "The odds have finally beaten illegal two-up king Lionel "Nappy" Ollington, who died on Friday after a long battle with cancer". The Herald Sun. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- Flemington Racetrack Newsletter:April 12th, 2019:Two up at Flemington Racetrack
External links
- Lionel Ollington's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Lionel Ollington at AustralianFootball.com