Leslie Watt (footballer)

Leslie Alfred Watt (9 December 1912 – 20 January 1949[1]) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Les Watt
Watt at the Eltham Gift in 1936
Personal information
Full name Leslie Alfred Watt
Date of birth (1912-12-09)9 December 1912
Place of birth Rochester, Victoria
Date of death 20 January 1949(1949-01-20) (aged 36)
Place of death Echuca, Victoria
Original team(s) Rochester
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932 Collingwood 02 0(0)
1933–37 Fitzroy 35 (19)
Total 37 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A talented sprinter, he came fourth in the 1936 Stawell Gift,[3] after being named as one of the favourites in the lead up to the race, winning the Eltham Gift the previous week.[4]

Notes
  1. "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 January 1949. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 930. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Stawell Gift". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 14 April 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Sports Meetings Watt Brilliant". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 April 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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