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]