Ken MacLeod (Australian footballer)

Ken MacLeod
Personal information
Full name James Kenneth MacLeod[1]
Date of birth (1890-08-18)18 August 1890
Date of death 8 April 1940(1940-04-08) (aged 49)
Place of death Trondheim, Norway
Original team(s) Hawthorn College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910-13 University 54 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913 season.

James Kenneth MacLeod (18 August 1890 – 8 April 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University.[2]

He served in the Australian Navy in World War I and later moved to England.[3]

In World War II he worked for the British war office, before he got a commission in the Royal Navy.[3] He was killed in the sinking of the HMS Glowworm in the Norwegian Sea.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Roll of Honour: James Kenneth Macleod". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. 1 2 3 ""GOLIATH" RAMMED.". The West Australian (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 12 July 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

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