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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Les Bryant
Personal information
Full name Leslie Allan Bryant
Date of birth (1896-06-29)29 June 1896
Place of birth Norwood, South Australia
Date of death 24 April 1965(1965-04-24) (aged 68)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Norwood
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1923–1924 Fitzroy 35 (23)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Allan Bryant (29 June 1896 – 24 April 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

A follower, Bryant started his career at West Adelaide. Bryant joined Norwood in 1920 and was a member of Norwood's 1922 premiership team. He was already 26 by the time he made his VFL debut.

At Fitzroy, he played a total of 35 senior games, 16 in 1923 and 19 the following year. Bryant appeared in six finals, including the 1923 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon, which he played from a forward pocket. He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia in 1923.

In 1925, Bryant was cleared to the Benalla Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League.

Notes

  1. Holmesby & Main (2007).
  2. The Register,"Bryant For Victoria", 9 March 1923, p. 7
  3. "History - Honour Roll". Norwood Football Club.
  4. ^ AFL Tables: Les Bryant
  5. Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  6. Adelaide Chronicle,"The Victorian Team", 11 August 1923, p. 20
  7. "1925 - Matthews Exonerated". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). The Age. 16 April 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

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