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Lou Bols

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Lou Bols
Personal information
Full name Louis Edward Bols
Date of birth (1905-07-29)29 July 1905
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Date of death 2 October 1957(1957-10-02) (aged 52)
Place of death St Kilda, Victoria
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–28, 1930 Fitzroy 27 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Louis Edward Bols (29 July 1905 – 2 October 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Footballer

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Coach

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In 1932 he was the coach of the Old Scotch Football Club team that won the VAFA's A Section premiership, defeating State Savings Bank 13.18 (96) to 10.8 (68) on 17 September 1932.[2][3]

He was appointed coach of the State Savings Bank VAFA team in the following season (1933).[4]

Death

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He died at his residence in St Kilda, Victoria on 2 October 1957.[5]

Notes

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References

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  • Players who are in the Public Eye: Lou Bols is a Ball of Energy, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 8 May 1930), p.8.
  • 'Prefect's Fag', "Noted Men from Public Schools", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 August 1935), p.7.
  • Amateurs: Brunswick, The Age, (Thursday, 1 May 1947), p.9.
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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