Les Meade

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Les Meade
Personal information
Full name Edward Leslie Meade
Date of birth (1904-11-04)4 November 1904
Place of birth Terang, Victoria
Date of death 9 November 1989(1989-11-09) (aged 85)
Original team(s) Yarraville
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–28 Melbourne 07 (0)
1929–31 Hawthorn 24 (0)
Total 31 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 April 1927. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Edward Leslie Meade". Australian Government.
  4. ^ "Deaths". The Age. Melbourne. 13 November 1989. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Edward Leslie Meade". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

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