Les Wallace (footballer)

Leslie Roy Wallace (22 May 1894 – 26 December 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Les Wallace
Personal information
Full name Leslie Roy Wallace
Date of birth (1894-05-22)22 May 1894
Place of birth Traralgon, Victoria
Date of death 26 December 1970(1970-12-26) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Warragul
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward, rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1921 Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Before his football career, he served in World War I.[2] After making a solitary appearance for Melbourne in 1921, Wallace transferred to Hawthorn in 1922,[3] but never played a senior game for them.

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. 917. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. "Discovering Anzacs-Leslie Roy Wallace". National Archives of Australia.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1922. p. 5.
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