Leo Hillis Explained

Leo Hillis
Fullname:Leo Kelvin Hillis
Birth Date:12 January 1920
Birth Place:Thomastown, Victoria
Height:180 cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1944
Years1:1939, 1944
Games Goals1:5 (0)

Leo Kelvin Hillis (12 January 1920 – 31 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

After his football career, Hillis enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy, initially serving as a radio electrician on a range of ships and rising through the ranks to the level of a RAN Commander at the point of his discharge in March 1970.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 395.
  2. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war . 345 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-992379-14-8.