Australian rules footballer
Les Irwin | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Leslie George Irwin | ||
Date of birth | (1887-03-03)3 March 1887 | ||
Place of birth | Moonee Ponds, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 7 September 1965(1965-09-07) (aged 78) | ||
Place of death | Mudgee, New South Wales | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1909–10 | Melbourne | 14 (4) | |
1911 | Richmond | 06 (0) | |
1913–14 | South Adelaide | ||
Total | 20 (4) | ||
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Leslie George Irwin MM (3 March 1887 – 7 September 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was awarded the Military Medal in the First World War.
After fourteen games with Melbourne over two seasons, Irwin crossed to Richmond at the start of the 1911 season. In 1913 he was granted a clearance to South Australia and he played for South Adelaide for two seasons before enlisting to serve in World War I.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 428. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 20, 218. Victoria, Australia. 11 May 1911. p. 5. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 18135. Victoria, Australia. 3 May 1913. p. 17. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
External links
- Les Irwin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Les Irwin at AustralianFootball.com
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1887 is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1887 births
- 1965 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club players
- South Adelaide Football Club players
- Australian recipients of the Military Medal
- People from Moonee Ponds, Victoria
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules biography, 1887 birth stubs