Leo Little
Leo Little | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leopold Paul Little | ||
Date of birth | 22 February 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Bacchus Marsh | ||
Date of death | 19 November 1956 | (aged 64)||
Place of death | Mercy Hospital, East Melbourne | ||
Original team(s) | Port Melbourne | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1912–13 | University | 34 (20) | |
1919–20 | Melbourne | 12 | (4)|
Total | 46 (24) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Leopold Paul Little (22 February 1892 – 19 November 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family[]
The son of David Armstrong Little (1864-1926),[2] and Annie Mary Little (1856-1944), née Hanigan,[3] Leopold Paul Little was born at Bacchus Marsh on 22 February 1892.
He married Doris Speck (1899-1984) in 1920.[4]
Education[]
He was attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat as a boarder from 1906 to 1910;[5][6] and, in January 1910, it was announced that (as "Leopold Francis Paul Little", No.1812) he had passed the Junior Public Examination.[7]
In January 1910 he sat for the Commonwealth Public Service Examination for Appointment as a Clerk, Class 5, and (as "Leopold Francis Paul Little") was 18th of all the 600 candidates.[8][9][10]
Military service[]
He enlisted in the First AIF, as "Leo Paul Little", on 8 January 1916.
He played for the (winning) Third Australian national Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[11][12]
He was wounded in action in 1917.[13]
Death[]
He died on 19 November 1956 at the Mercy Hospital, in East Melbourne.[14][15]
See also[]
- "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916)
Footnotes[]
- ^ The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p. 29.
- ^ Deaths: Little, The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 April 1926), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Little, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 December 1944), p.15.
- ^ Australians Abroad, The Australasian, (Saturday, 18 January 1919), p.121-122, at p.122.
- ^ Leo Paul Little, St Patrick's College, 20 July 2015.
- ^ 'Lynx', "Footballers' Pastime: History of Handball", The Herald, (Saturday, 20 March 1920), p.2.
- ^ University of Melbourne: Public Examinations: Successful Candidates: Junior Public Examination, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 10 January 1910), p.2.
- ^ Federal Public Service: Clerical Examinations, The (Melbourne) Advocate, (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p.28.
- ^ Commonwealth Public Service: Examination No.189: For Appointment as Clerk, 5th Class, Victoria and South Australia. Held 25th to 27th January, 1910, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.17, (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p.704.
- ^ "Mr. D. A. Little's third son, Leopold Francis Paul, has passed 18th on a list of 600 for a Federal service junior examination" (The Bacchus Marsh Express, (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p.2).
- ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
- ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
- ^ Australian Casualties List No.317: Victoria: Wounded: "Lt. Leo Paul Little, Werribee", The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 July 1917), p.8.
- ^ Deaths: Little, The Argus, (Tuesday, 20 November 1956), p.14.
- ^ Mr. Little, 64, Dies, The Argus, (Tuesday, 20 November 1956), p.7.
References[]
- Little, Leo P., "Trip to Kosciusko", The Bacchus Marsh Express, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.1.
- Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 7th ed, Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Strong, Bill, "Leopold (Leo) Paul Little M.C. (1892-1956)", Wyndham History.
- First World War Embarkation Roll: Sergeant Leo Paul Little (315), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Leo Paul Little, collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Service Record: Lieutenant Leo Paul Little, National Archives of Australia.
External links[]
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- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Players of Australian handball
- People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat
- University Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Participants in "Pioneer Exhibition Game" (London, 28 October 1916)
- Port Melbourne Football Club players
- 1892 births
- 1956 deaths
- Australian rules biography, 1892 birth stubs