Les Rogers (footballer)

Les Rogers
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Joseph Rogers
Date of birth	25 June 1896
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	4 August 1916(1916-08-04) (aged 20)
Place of death	Pozières, France
Original team(s)	Yarraville
Playing career^1
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 on active service

Footnotes

1. "Les Rogers". AFL Tables.
2. "Rogers, Lesley J." Official Essendon website. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009.
3. "Roll of Honour – Leslie Joseph Collins". Australian War Memorial.