Lou Gatti

Australian rules footballer, born 1915

Australian rules footballer

Lou Gatti
Personal information
Full name	Louis John Gatti
Date of birth	(1915-03-07)7 March 1915
Place of birth	Chiltern, Victoria
Date of death	16 May 1977(1977-05-16) (aged 62)
Place of death	Port Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Chiltern Valley
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935	South Melbourne	4 (1)
1936–37	St Kilda	5 (3)
Total		9 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Louis John Gatti (7 March 1915 – 16 May 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Luigi Gatti (1871–1961), and Caroline Gattie (−1944), née de Carle,^[2] Louis John Gatti was born at Chiltern, Victoria on 7 March 1915.

He married Muriel Alva Nellie Ball in 1941.

Death

He died at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 16 May 1977.^[3]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.309.
^ The Final Call: Mrs. Caroline Gatti, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 12 February 1944), p.2.
^ Deaths: Gatti, The Age, (Wednesday, 18 May 1977), p.51.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.