Ian Shelton (footballer)

Ian Shelton
Personal information
Full name Ian Stanley Shelton
Nickname(s) Bluey
Date of birth (1940-02-24)24 February 1940
Date of death 17 March 2021(2021-03-17) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Avenel-Longwood Football Club
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) centre half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1963 Essendon 77 (1)
1965 Essendon 14 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Career highlights
  • VFL premiership 1962, 1965
  • Best first year player (Essendon) 1959
  • Essendon Semi-Final Team: 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965
  • Essendon Preliminary Final Team: 1959, 1965
  • Essendon Grand Final Team: 1959, 1962, 1965
  • VFL Inter-State Representative Team: 1962
  • Essendon Vice-Captain: 1965.
  • Life Membership: Essendon Football Club.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ian Stanley "Bluey" Shelton (24 February 1940 – 17 March 2021[1]), known throughout his career as "Bluey", due to his thatch of red hair, was an Australian rules footballer, who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.

  1. ^ "Vale Ian 'Bluey' Shelton". www.essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 17 March 2021.