| Leo Tyrrell | |
| Fullname: | Leo Thomas Tyrrell |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1915 |
| Birth Place: | North Melbourne, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Mentone, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Northern Districts / North Melbourne CYMS |
| Height: | 183 cm |
| Weight: | 89 kg |
| Statsend: | 1942 |
| Years1: | 1933–39 |
| Games Goals1: | 22 (7) |
| Years2: | 1940, 1942 |
| Games Goals2: | 2 (0) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 24 (7) |
Leo Thomas Tyrrell (2 June 1915 – 12 April 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of John Harold Tyrrell (1886-1966), and Mary Amelia Tyrrell (1879–1952), née Crump,[2] Leo Thomas Tyrrell was born at North Melbourne, Victoria on 2 June 1915.
He married Lorna Ann Luscombe (1921-1993) on 2 April 1945.[3]
Granted a clearance to North Melbourne Seconds from North Melbourne Old Boys Football Club in April 1933,[4] and cleared to the North Melbourne Firsts in July 1933,[5] Tyrrell made his debut, replacing Syd Barker (injured knee, previous Saturday), for the North Melbourne First XVIII, against South Melbourne, at the Arden Street Oval, on 8 July 1933:[6]
"North Melbourne has a promising recruit in, a local youngster, who was brought into the side at the last moment.
Strongly built and a determined runner, he did well on the half-forward wing." — Sun News-Pictorial, 10 July 1933.[7]
Tyrrell was cleared from North Melbourne to Collingwood on 5 June 1940,[8] and made his debut for Collingwood against Fitzroy, at Victoria Park, on 29 June 1940.[9]
He served in the RAAF during the Second World War.[10] [11]
He died at his residence in Mentone, Victoria on 12 April 1969.[12]