Australian rules footballer
| Leo Hillis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leo Kelvin Hillis | ||
| Date of birth | (1920-01-12)12 January 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Thomastown, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 31 October 2007(2007-10-31) (aged 87) | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939, 1944 | Footscray | 5 (0) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leo Kelvin Hillis (12 January 1920 – 31 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
After his football career, Hillis enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy, initially serving as a radio electrician on a range of ships and rising through the ranks to the level of a RAN Commander at the point of his discharge in March 1970.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
External links
- Leo Hillis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Leo Hillis at AustralianFootball.com