Leo Hillis
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leo Kelvin Hillis | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Thomastown, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 31 October 2007 | (aged 87)||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1939, 1944 | Footscray | 5 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Leo Kelvin Hillis (12 January 1920 – 31 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
After his football career, Hillis enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy, initially serving as a radio electrician on a range of ships and rising through the ranks to the level of a RAN Commander at the point of his discharge in March 1970.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
External links
- Leo Hillis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Leo Hillis at AustralianFootball.com