Leslie Millis (18 June 1881 – 7 April 1950) was an
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 for the
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy, the club was a member of the Vi ...
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). He usually played on the wing or as a rover.
Millis won back-to-back premierships with the club in 1904 and 1905, the latter as Fitzroy's
best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
. Millis won the award again the following season.
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1881 births
1950 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Fitzroy Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
Mitchell Medal winners
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Fitzroy, Victoria
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