Les Bamblett (born 5 August 1963) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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and Footscray in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). An

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, Bamblett played as a forward and who won the 1982

Morrish Medal The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award. Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under-19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victori ...

, as the

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player in the VFL Under 19's competition. The following year he made his senior debut, against Collingwood in the opening round of the

1983 VFL season The 1983 VFL season was the 87th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 26 March until 24 September, and comprised a ...

, kicking two goals.AFL Tables: Les Bamblett
/ref> He made a further 10 appearances that year. Bamblett trained at

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in the 1984 pre-season but they couldn't come to an agreement with Melbourne on a transfer fee. He instead joined

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club Claremont for the 1984 season. Clearance issues meant he was unable to play a senior game and upon receiving an offer from Footscray, returned to Victoria during the season. He kicked 51 goals for Footscray in 1985, to finished second in his club's goal-kicking behind

Simon Beasley Simon Francis Beasley (born 26 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Leagu ...

. His 24 games that season included three finals. Over the next three years he struggled with injuries and was only able to add a further six games to his tally. Two of his nephews, Chris Egan and

Andrew Lovett Andrew Lovett (born 11 November 1982) is an Aboriginal Australians, AboriginalAFL Record; Round 9, 2009. Slattery Publishing, p75 Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for Essendon Football Club, Essend ...

, both played in the Australian Football League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamblett, Les 1963 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Melbourne Football Club players Western Bulldogs players Shepparton Swans Football Club players Living people