Les Main
Appearance
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![]() Main in 1941 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Les Main | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 1915 | ||
Date of death | 28 November 1998 | (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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Terang Appoints Les. Main as Coach". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Les. Main To Coach Noorat". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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