Ernie Leighton

Ernie Leighton
Personal information
Full name	Ernest Bartholomew Leighton
Date of birth	(1872-03-24)24 March 1872
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	1 August 1959(1959-08-01) (aged 87)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–99	Geelong	29 (18)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernie Leighton (24 March 1872 – 1 August 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 509. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

• Ernie Leighton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ernie Leighton at AustralianFootball.com