Les Bryant
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Les Bryant
| image =
| fullname = Leslie Allan Bryant
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|6|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Norwood, South Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|4|24|1896|6|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria
| originalteam = Norwood
| height = 182 cm
| weight = 91 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1924
| years1 = 1923–1924
| club1 = Fitzroy
| games_goals1 = 35 (23)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Leslie Allan Bryant (29 June 1896 – 24 April 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2007).
Football
A follower, Bryant started his career at West Adelaide.The Register,[http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64184750 "Bryant For Victoria"], 9 March 1923, p. 7 Bryant joined Norwood in 1920 and was a member of Norwood's 1922 premiership team.{{cite web|url=http://www.norwoodfc.com.au/HISTORY/HONOUR_ROLL.aspx| title=History - Honour Roll| publisher=Norwood Football Club}} He was already 26 by the time he made his VFL debut.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Les_Bryant.html AFL Tables: Les Bryant]
At Fitzroy, he played a total of 35 senior games, 16 in 1923 and 19 the following year. Bryant appeared in six finals, including the 1923 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon, which he played from a forward pocket.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}} He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia in 1923.Adelaide Chronicle,[http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/89247673 "The Victorian Team"], 11 August 1923, p. 20
In 1925, Bryant was cleared to the Benalla Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League.{{cite web |title=1925 - Matthews Exonerated |newspaper = Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155756707?searchTerm=matthews%2C%20south%20melbourne%20football# |publisher=The Age |access-date=10 June 2021 |pages=8 |date=16 April 1925}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}
External links
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=les%2Bbryant/4084}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:West Adelaide Football Club players
Category:Norwood Football Club players
Category:Australian military personnel of World War I
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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