Fred Leach

Fred Leach
Personal information
Birth 6 March 1878
Recruited from Boorondara
Height and weight 183 cm / 83 kg
Death 1908,
Playing career¹
Team(s)

Collingwood (1897–1903)

  • 84 games, 8 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1903 season

Fred Leach (6 March 1878–1908) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL.

Leach was a centreman in the losing Grand Final side of 1901, but played at centre half-back in the 1902 premiership team.

He died in 1908 of Typhoid fever, just five years after retiring. However, he had previously retired twice, and Collingwood expected him to "walk back after a few weeks absence".

Leach's brothers Arthur and Ted also played for Collingwood.

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