Died 11 September 1945 | ||
William Charles Gillespie (born 22 November 1894 in Surry Hills, Sydney NSW, died 11 September 1945) was an Australian rugby league player.
He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 1920 to 1923. Known as "Tiger", Gillespie was a small man who played most of his career at five-eight. In an article written shortly after Gillespie's death in 1945, the sports writer, W.F. Corbett (the younger), wrote that, "Gillespie was called "Tiger" because of his fierce tackling", noting also that he "was one of the lightest men big football has ever known, for he scaled only about 8st. 9lbs (55 kg)". Tiger Gillespie Captained the 1923 team to the grand final where the Rabbitohs were runners up to Easts. He played for NSW against Queensland in 1921 and toured with the NSW side to New Zealand in September 1922.