Les Rogers (footballer) explained

Les Rogers
Fullname:Leslie Joseph Rogers
Birth Date:25 June 1896
Birth Place:Footscray, Victoria
Death Place:Pozières, France
Originalteam:Yarraville
Statsend:1915
Years1:1915
Club1:Essendon
Games Goals1:3 (0)

Leslie Joseph Rogers (25 June 1896 – 4 August 1916, born Leslie Joseph Collins) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Rogers, a wingman, came from Yarraville originally and played only three games at Essendon before joining the Army.[1]

As a Private, Rogers fought on the Western Front with the 23rd Battalion[2] and was killed in action.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Les Rogers. AFL Tables.
  2. Web site: Rogers, Lesley J.. Official Essendon website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091012105145/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=797. 12 October 2009.
  3. Web site: Roll of Honour – Leslie Joseph Collins. Australian War Memorial.