Les Irwin | |
Fullname: | Leslie George Irwin |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1887 |
Birth Place: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Death Place: | Mudgee, New South Wales |
Guernsey: | 0 |
Statsend: | 1911 |
Years1: | 1909–10 |
Games Goals1: | 14 (4) |
Years2: | 1911 |
Games Goals2: | 6 (0) |
Years3: | 1913–14 |
Club3: | South Adelaide |
Games Goalstotal: | 20 (4) |
Leslie George Irwin MM (3 March 1887 – 7 September 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He was awarded the Military Medal in the First World War.
After fourteen games with Melbourne over two seasons, Irwin crossed to Richmond at the start of the 1911 season.[2] In 1913 he was granted a clearance to South Australia[3] and he played for South Adelaide for two seasons before enlisting to serve in World War I.