Career
Ablett joined Richmond from the Victorian town of Myrtleford. He came off the bench as a reserve in Richmond"s 1943 premiership side, his last game in the VFL. Ablett returned to Myrtleford and was the club"s best-and-fairest player in its inaugural Ovens and Murray Football League season in 1950. The pavilion at Myrtleford"s home ground of McNamara Reserve was named after him in 1974.
He was the club"s first life member and served 20 years as president
Ablett also served as a councillor and president with the Shire of Myrtleford. Ablett was the uncle of mercurial VFL/American Federation of Labor-Congress football player Gary Ablett, Senior and helped recruit him to the Saints for one season in 1983.