Leo Francis | |
Fullname: | Leo Francis |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1922 |
Originalteam: | Bendigo CYMS |
Height: | 169 cm |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Statsend: | 1951 |
Years1: | 1945–1951 |
Club1: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 78 (11) |
Leo Francis (4 December 1922 – 13 December 2003)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Francis came to North Melbourne from Bendigo CYMS.[3] In 1945, his debut season, Francis was a member of the North Melbourne team which contested the VFL finals for the first time in their history.[4] A wingman, Francis missed the 1950 VFL Grand Final with a knee injury.[5]
Later in the 1950s he was captain-coach of Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League.[6]
He was the uncle of Peter Francis, who played for four VFL clubs.[7]