Australian rules footballer, born 1912
Australian rules footballer
Leslie Alfred Watt (9 December 1912 – 20 January 1949[1]) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
A talented sprinter, he came fourth in the 1936 Stawell Gift,[3] after being named as one of the favourites in the lead up to the race, winning the Eltham Gift the previous week.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 January 1949. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 930. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Stawell Gift". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 14 April 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sports Meetings Watt Brilliant". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 April 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leslie Watt (footballer).
- Leslie Watt's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Les Watt's profile at Collingwood Forever
