Australian rules footballer
| Les Main | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Main in 1941 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Llewellyn James Main | ||
| Date of birth | (1915-11-26)26 November 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Clifton Hill, Victoria | ||
| 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 career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941–43 | Collingwood | 21 (26) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leslie Llewellyn James Main (26 November 1915 – 28 November 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
He spent the 1948 season as coach of New South Wales club, Leeton, losing the preliminary final by four points and Main was runner up in the South West Football League (New South Wales) best and fairest award, the Gammage Medal.
Main then returned to the Hampden Football League as coach of Terang for two years, before moving on to Noorat in 1951.
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.
- ^ "Terang Appoints Les. Main as Coach". Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 13 January 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "1948 - Whitton beats Leeton by four points". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 21 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- "1948 - GEOFF WILLIS BEST and FAIREST". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 3 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- "Les Main To Coach Noorat". Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 20 October 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Les Main's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Profile on Collingwood Forever
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