Les Kaine | |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1936 |
Death Place: | Coleraine, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Coleraine |
Height: | 185 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Statsend: | 1962 |
Years1: | 1956–1962 |
Club1: | Hawthorn |
Games Goals1: | 103 (80) |
Les Kaine (8 August 1936 – 18 August 2012)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kaine started his career as a forward but was pushed into defence later in his career. He played a fullback in Hawthorn's winning Grand Final in 1961.
For the rest of the 1960s he played in the Bendigo Football League with Castlemaine and Kyneton. He was the league's leading goal-kicker while playing at Kyneton in 1966, with 84 goals.