Les Flintoff

Leslie Francis Flintoff (5 October 1930 – 7 February 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Les Flintoff
Personal information
Full name Les Flintoff
Date of birth (1930-10-05)5 October 1930
Date of death 7 February 2019(2019-02-07) (aged 88)
Place of death Mornington, Victoria
Original team(s) Warburton
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1950–52 Richmond 17 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In 1954, Flintoff was captain-coach of Ganmain that lost the South West Football League (New South Wales) grand final to Ariah Park Mirrool.[2]

He was the father of Olympic hurdler Debbie Flintoff-King.[3]

In 1987 he was an unsuccessful candidate on the National Party's Victorian Senate ticket.[4]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1954 - Ariah Park win grand final". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 28 September 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. Bartlett, Rhett (11 February 2019). "Flintoff's top Tiger legacy". Richmond Football Club.
  4. Scott, Keith (17 June 1987). "Victorian Nationals look at Qld 25pc flat-tax plan". The Canberra Times.


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