Leslie George Reed (16 August 1932 – 25 May 2021) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played for
Geelong
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in the
VFL
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during the early 1950s.
Family
The son of Thomas William Reed (1907-1992), and Dorothy Jean Reed (1912-2006), née Mortimer, Leslie George Reed was born at
Yea, Victoria on 16 August 1932.
He married Joan "Mickey" Heathcote (1931-2015) on 9 October 1954.
Football
Geelong (VFL)
Reed was a utility player and was recruited from Euroa.
He was the 19th man for the Geelong's
1951 premiership side that defeated the Essendon team
that played without the suspended John Coleman, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70) -- he replaced the injured
Loy Stewart
David Loy Stewart (19 May 1927 – 19 August 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s.
Stewart enlisted in the Australian Army shortly after his eighteenth b ...
during the match
Football Statistics, ''The Age'', (Monday, 1 October 1951), p.12.
/ref> -- and he also played on the wing when Geelong lost to Collingwood, 8.17 (65) to 11.11 (77) in the 1953 Grand Final.
Notes
References
ALL ELSE, ''The (Adelaide) News'', (Friday, 5 October 1951), p.17.
Euroa Football Club, ''The Alexandra Standard'', (Friday, 5 March 1954), p.2.
League Final Lists: Geelong, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 12 April 1954), p.19.
* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
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Euroa Football Club: Team of the Century, ''Euroa Football Netball Club'', August 2001.
1932 births
2021 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Geelong Football Club players
Geelong Football Club premiership players
Euroa Football Club players
People from Victoria (state)
VFL/AFL premiership players
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