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Les Powell (footballer, born 1921)

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Les Powell
Personal information
Full name Leslie Maxwell Powell
Date of birth (1921-04-13)13 April 1921
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 22 December 1999(1999-12-22) (aged 78)
Place of death North Geelong, Victoria[1]
Original team(s) Newtown & Chilwell
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Fitzroy 03 (0)
1944–46 Geelong 22 (5)
Total 25 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Maxwell Powell (13 April 1921 – 22 December 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Powell also served in the Australian Army during World War II.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "POWELL, Leslie Maxwell". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 715. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: Leslie Maxwell Powell". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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