Ted Leach

Ted Leach
Ted Leach
	Leach in 1902
Personal information
Full name	Edward Hale Leach
Date of birth	24 April 1883
Place of birth	Heidelberg, Victoria
Date of death	19 February 1965 (aged 81)
Place of death	Balwyn, Victoria
Original team(s)	Collegians
Playing career1
Years	Club
1901–03	Collingwood
1904, 1909	Melbourne
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Hale "Ted" Leach (24 April 1883 - 19 February 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family[]

The son of Thomas Leach (1847-1916),^[2] and Emma Bunkin Leach (1847-1893), née Stuckey,^[3] Edward Hale Leach was born in Heidelberg, Victoria on 24 April 1883.^[4]

Wife[]

He married Amy Harriet Cougle (1880-1948) in 1904.^[5]

Brothers[]

His two brothers, Arthur Thomas Leach (1876–1948), and John Frederick "Fred" Leach (1878–1908) also played for Collingwood.^[6]

Death[]

He died (suddenly) at his home in Balwyn, Victoria on 19 February 1965.^[7]

Notes[]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ Deaths: Leach, The Argus, (Friday, 6 October 1916), p.1.
^ Deaths: Leach, (Saturday 9 December 1893), p.5.
^ Births: Leach, The Argus, (Saturday, 28 April 1883), p.1.
^ Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 1 November 1948), p.2.
^ The three brothers appear in the photograph at File:Collingwood_1902_premiers.jpg of 23 Collingwood First XVIII players, taken in 1902 (the same photograph, with all individuals identified by name, is at [1]).
^ Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 22 February 1965), p.16.

External links[]

Ted Leach's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ted Leach at AustralianFootball.com
Ted Leach, Collingwood Forever.
Ted Leach, The VFA Project.

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[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. 505. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] Deaths: Leach, The Argus, (Friday, 6 October 1916), p.1.

[3] Deaths: Leach, (Saturday 9 December 1893), p.5.

[4] Births: Leach, The Argus, (Saturday, 28 April 1883), p.1.

[5] Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 1 November 1948), p.2.

[6] The three brothers appear in the photograph at File:Collingwood_1902_premiers.jpg of 23 Collingwood First XVIII players, taken in 1902 (the same photograph, with all individuals identified by name, is at [1]).

[7] Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 22 February 1965), p.16.

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