John McLeish

John McLeish
John McLeish
Personal information
Full name	John D. M. McLeish
Date of birth	19 December 1926
Date of death	10 December 2005 (aged 78)
Original team(s)	Yea, Dookie College
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s)	Half-back flank
Playing career1
Years	Club
1949–50	Essendon
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John McLeish (19 December 1926 – 10 December 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1] McLeish's father, Maurie, played VFL football for St Kilda.

After a season and a half with Essendon, McLeish returned to the team he was recruited from, Yea, where he was appointed captain-coach. They won a premiership in his first season in the role. McLeish continued to play with Yea until 1954.

McLeish won the 1945 Goulburn Valley Football Association best and fairest / Shepparton Advertiser Trophy, when playing for Dookie College.^[2]

Notes[]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 592. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "1945 - Goulburn Valley FA - B & F Award". Shepparton Advertiser. 14 September 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 14 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

External links[]

John McLeish's playing statistics from AFL Tables
John McLeish at AustralianFootball.com
Essendon past player profile

[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 592. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "1945 - Goulburn Valley FA - B & F Award". Shepparton Advertiser. 14 September 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 14 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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