Arthur George Leslie Legge (5 October 1881 – 5 January 1941) was an
Australian rules football
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Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
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The son of John Vickery Legge (1860–1926), and Elizabeth Legge, Arthur George Leslie Legge was born on 5 October 1881.
He married Ada Dixon on 17 July 1915.
Football
He played as a rover, either resting in the
back-pocket
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He came to Williamstown as a "local junior", and went on to play 25 games and score 9 goals for Williamstown in the VFA in two seasons (1902 and 1903).
Essendon (VFL)
Cleared from Williamstown to Essendon on 13 May 1904, he went on to play 69 games and score 30 goals for Essendon in the VFL over six seasons (1904 to 1909).
Playing at forward-pocket in Essendon's 1908 VFL Grand Final team, Legge kicked the second of Essendon's three goals in its 3.8 (26) to 5.5 (35) loss to Carlton. His last game for Essendon was in the side that lost 8.11 (59) to 9.14 (68) to University on 22 May 1909.
* Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)''. Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. .
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.