Les Witto
Les Witto | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leslie Witto | ||
Date of birth | 6 May 1903 | ||
Place of birth | Broken Hill, New South Wales | ||
Date of death | 23 August 1926 | (aged 23)||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Broken Hill West | ||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1926 | Carlton | 6 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Les Witto (6 May 1903 – 23 August 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A defender, Witto was playing in just his sixth game of league football when he broke his arm in a game against Geelong and died nine days later from a tetanus infection.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ "Footballer Dies". The Argus. Melbourne. 24 August 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
External links[]
- Les Witto's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Profile at Blueseum
Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1926 deaths
- Carlton Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
- Deaths from tetanus
- Sports competitors killed in competition
- Sport deaths in Australia
- Australian rules biography, 1903 birth stubs