Leslie Watt (footballer)

Les Watt
Watt at the Eltham Gift in 1936
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Alfred Watt
Date of birth	(1912-12-09)9 December 1912
Place of birth	Rochester, Victoria
Date of death	20 January 1949(1949-01-20) (aged 36)
Place of death	Echuca, Victoria
Original team(s)	Rochester
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1932	Collingwood	02 0(0)
1933–37	Fitzroy	35 (19)
Total		37 (19)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Alfred Watt (9 December 1912 – 20 January 1949[1]) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

A talented sprinter, he came fourth in the 1936 Stawell Gift,[3] after being named as one of the favourites in the lead up to the race, winning the Eltham Gift the previous week.[4]

Notes

1. "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 January 1949. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 930. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
3. "Stawell Gift". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 14 April 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Sports Meetings Watt Brilliant". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 April 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Leslie Watt's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Les Watt's profile at Collingwood Forever