Lionel Ollington

Lionel Ollington (19 December 1927 – 23 May 2014) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2] 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.

Lionel Ollington
Personal information
Full name Lionel Ollington
Date of birth (1927-12-19)19 December 1927
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 career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953 Footscray 5 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. "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.
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