Les Main
| Les Main | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Main in 1941 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Llewellyn James Main | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Clifton Hill, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 28 November 1998 (aged 83) | ||
| Original team(s) | Albury | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 80.5 kg (177 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941–43 | Collingwood | 21 (26) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leslie Llewellyn James Main (26 November 1915 – 28 November 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Main became a coach after leaving Collingwood and had success in the Hampden Football League with Warrnambool, which he guided to premierships in 1946 and 1947.[2]
He spent the 1948 season as coach of New South Wales club, Leeton, losing the preliminary final by four points[3] and Main was runner up in the South West Football League (New South Wales) best and fairest award, the Gammage Medal.[4]
Main then returned to the Hampden Football League as coach of Terang for two years, before moving on to Noorat in 1951.[2][5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 544. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ a b "Terang Appoints Les. Main as Coach". Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 13 January 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "1948 - Whitton beats Leeton by four points". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 21 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "1948 - GEOFF WILLIS BEST and FAIREST". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 3 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Les Main To Coach Noorat". Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 20 October 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
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- Les Main's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Profile on Collingwood Forever
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