Les Main

Leslie Llewellyn James Main (26 November 1915 – 28 November 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Les Main
Main in 1941
Personal information
Full name Leslie Llewellyn James Main
Date of birth (1915-11-26)26 November 1915
Place of birth Clifton Hill, Victoria
Date of death 28 November 1998(1998-11-28) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Albury
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80.5 kg (177 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–43 Collingwood 21 (26)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Main became a coach after leaving Collingwood and had success in the Hampden Football League with Warrnambool, which he guided to premierships in 1946 and 1947.[2]

He spent the 1948 season as coach of New South Wales club, Leeton, losing the preliminary final by four points[3] and Main was runner up in the South West Football League (New South Wales) best and fairest award, the Gammage Medal.[4]

Main then returned to the Hampden Football League as coach of Terang for two years, before moving on to Noorat in 1951.[2][5]

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. 544. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Terang Appoints Les. Main as Coach". Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 13 January 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "1948 - Whitton beats Leeton by four points". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 21 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. "1948 - GEOFF WILLIS BEST and FAIREST". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 3 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. "Les Main To Coach Noorat". Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 20 October 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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