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Les Main
Main in 1941
Personal information
Full name Les Main
Date of birth (1915-11-26)26 November 1915
Date of death 28 November 1998(1998-11-28) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Albury
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80.5 kg (177 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–43 Collingwood 21 (26)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Les Main (26 November 1915 – 28 November 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Main became a coach after leaving Collingwood and had success in the Hampden Football League with Warrnambool, which he guided to premierships in 1946 and 1947.[2] He spent the 1948 season as coach of New South Wales club Leeton, then returned to the Hampden Football League as coach of Terang for two years, before moving on to Noorat in 1951.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 544. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ a b "Terang Appoints Les. Main as Coach". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Les. Main To Coach Noorat". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2015.