Leslie Hamilton Begley (14 October 1916 – 24 August 1994) was 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
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
United King ...
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).
[Holmesby & Main (2014), p.58.]
Footnotes
References
*
World War Two Service Record: Lieutenant Leslie Hamilton Begley (VX115112), ''National Archives of Australia''.* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
*
Les Begley's profileat Australianfootball.com
Les Begley,. at ''Boyles Football Photos''.
1916 births
1994 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Warrnambool Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
Camperdown Football Club players
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Australian Army officers
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