| Les Gallagher | |
| Fullname: | Alexander Leslie Gallagher |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Warragul, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Elsternwick |
| Height: | 179 cm |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
| Statsend: | 1929 |
| Years1: | 1924–1925 |
| Club1: | St Kilda |
| Games Goals1: | 9 (14) |
| Years2: | 1926–1929 |
| Club2: | Richmond |
| Games Goals2: | 62 (27) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 71 (41) |
Alexander Leslie Gallagher (10 July 1904 – 25 August 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of John Gallagher (1850-1935),[2] and Georgina Barbara Gallagher (1862-1933), née Ridgewell,[3] Alexander Leslie Gallagher was born at Warragul on 10 July 1904.
He married Edna Lillian Turland (1910-1971) in 1936.
He had 4 Children with Edna, John Leslie (born 31/10/1937 - 28/02/2022), Keith, Bruce and Ruth. His cousin, Norman Henry John "Harry" Weidner (1907-1962), also played VFL football for Richmond.
Gallagher was from Elsternwick originally and spent his first two league seasons at St Kilda, as a forward.[4] He kicked five goals against South Melbourne in just his second VFL appearance.[5]
With Richmond he was used as a centreman and played in both the 1927 VFL Grand Final and 1928 VFL Grand Finals.[5] He finished on the losing team on each occasion.[5]
He was cleared from Richmond to Brighton on 23 April 1930.[6]
In April 1931, on the grounds that he had been offered the position of captain-coach, he was granted a clearance from Brighton to Warrnambool Football Club in the Western District Football League.[7]
He died at Warrnambool on 25 August 1973.[8]