Les Rogers (footballer)
Les Rogers | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leslie Joseph Rogers | ||
Date of birth | 25 June 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 4 August 1916 | (aged 20)||
Place of death | Pozières, France | ||
Original team(s) | Yarraville | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1915 | Essendon | 3 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Leslie Joseph Rogers (25 June 1896 – 4 August 1916, born Leslie Joseph Collins) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rogers, a wingman, came from Yarraville originally and played only three games at Essendon before joining the Army.[1]
As a Private, Rogers fought on the Western Front with the 23rd Battalion[2] and was killed in action.[3]
See also[]
- List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Les Rogers". AFL Tables.
- ^ "Rogers, Lesley J." Official Essendon website. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Leslie Joseph Collins". Australian War Memorial.
Categories:
- 1896 births
- 1916 deaths
- Essendon Football Club players
- Yarraville Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Australian military personnel killed in World War I
- Australian rules biography, 1896 birth stubs