Les Meade
| Les Meade | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Leslie Meade | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Terang, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 9 November 1989 (aged 85) | ||
| Original team(s) | Yarraville | ||
| Height/Weight | 173 cm / 69 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1927–28 1929–31 Total |
Melbourne Hawthorn |
7 (0) 24 (0) 31 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931 season. | |||
Edward Leslie "Les" Meade (4 November 1904 – 9 November 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Born in Terang, Les Meade was the third child of Edward Meade and Emily Elizabeth Ayres. He joined Melbourne from Yarraville at the start of the 1927 VFL season.[2]
Les Meade married Vivienne Alexandra Johnson Maxwell in 1931 and they lived in Glen Iris for over forty years. He also served in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in World War II.[3] He died in 1989.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 567. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 1 April 1927. p. 6.
- ↑ "Discovering Anzacs: Edward Leslie Meade". Australian Government.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Age (Melbourne: Google News Archive). 13 Nov 1989. p. 21.
External links
- Les Meade's statistics from AFL Tables
- Demonwiki profile
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