Les White

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Les White
Personal information
Full name	Les J. White
Date of birth	9 September 1890
Date of death	27 April 1927(1927-04-27) (aged 36)
Original team	Hawthorn Rovers
Height/Weight	171 cm / 61 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910–15 1920 Total –	Essendon St Kilda	75 (1) 2 (0) 77 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1920 season.

Les White (9 September 1890 – 27 April 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

White, from the Hawthorn Rovers originally, was predominantly a defender but could also play as a centreman. Injury caused him to miss Essendon's 1911 premiership but he was on a half back flank when they claimed back to back premierships the following season.

References

Les White's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Essendon Football Club profile

v t e Essendon Football Club 1912 VFL Premiers

Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 1. Belcher 2. Armstrong 4. Bowe 5. Baring 7. Chalmers 9. Kirkwood 10. Hanley 11. Kirby 12. Martin 14. McLeod 16. Ogden 17. Sewart 18. Shea 19. White 20. Walker 25. O'Brien 27. Caine 29. Griffith

Coach: Worrall

Persondata
Name	White, Les
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	9 September 1890
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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