Les Eldering

Les Eldering
Personal information
Full nameLes Eldering
Date of birth18 January 1938
Date of death26 January 2003 (aged 65)
Original teamCommonwealth Bank
Height/Weight196 cm / 89 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1960St Kilda8 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1960 season.

Les Eldering (18 January 1938 - 26 January 2003)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Eldering played his early football at amateur club Commonwealth Bank and represented the Australian Amateurs at the 1958 Melbourne Carnival. In the 1960 VFL season, Eldering made eight appearances for St Kilda, as a ruckman.[2] He injured his knee in a 1961 practice match when he landed on a sprinkler hole and wouldn't play again for St Kilda.[3]

References

  1. Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  2. AFL Tables: Les Eldering
  3. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.