Leslie Thomas "Les" Mogg (27 August 1929 – 2 May 2012) 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 with

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

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). Mogg came to North Melbourne from Ballarat and was a regular member of the team from the second half of the 1950 season. He was a wingman for North Melbourne in the 1950 VFL Grand Final. Also used as a half forward flanker during his career, Mogg kicked 16 goals in 1952.AFL Tables: Les Mogg
/ref> Injuries restricted him to just five games in 1953 but he played all but two of North Melbourne's matches the following year. He left the club after the 1954 season to take up the position of captain-coach for

Cobram Football Club The Cobram Football Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the regional city of Cobram located in north east Victoria. Cobram teams currently compete in the Murray FNL. History Formed in 188 ...

in the

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(MFL). In 1955, his first season, he led Cobram to a grand final win and captain-coached them to three further premierships, all in succession, from 1959 to 1961. As a player, he had a particularly strong season in 1961, winning the O'Dwyer Medal as the league's "Best and Fairest". He topped the MFL goal-kicking that year as well, with 85 goals. It was the second time he had won the goal-kicking award, which is now named after him, having also kicked a league record 132 goals in 1960, 148 after finals. He also had the distinction of being the captain-coach of the MFL combined team which upset VFL club St Kilda by 14 points in a 1960 practice match. It is believed to have been the first time since 1914 that a country side had beaten a VFL team.''The Age'
"Remembering the day Murray league played better than Saints"
23 June 2010, Paul Daffey

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mogg, Les 1929 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players Cobram Football Club players 2012 deaths