Les Griggs

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1914}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Les Griggs

| image =

| fullname = Les T. Griggs

| birth_date = 6 May 1914

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|5|28|1914|5|6|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Yarragon

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| position = Centre half forward/Centreman

| statsend = 1944

| years1 = 1933–35, 1939–44

| club1 = Essendon

| games_goals1 = 99 (52)

| coachyears1 = 1941

| coachclub1 = Essendon

| coachgames_wins1 = 1 (1–0–0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Les Griggs (6 May 1914 – 28 May 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---g |title=Past Player Profiles – G (Griggs, Les T) |publisher=essendonfc.com.au |accessdate=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153457/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---g |archivedate= 6 July 2015 }} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s.

Griggs, from Yarragon originally, was mostly a centreman and centre half forward over the course of his career at Essendon. A teacher, he missed a couple of seasons due to his work, costing him a place in the 100 club as he finished his career with 99 games. He had his best year in 1941 when he kicked 29 goals and played in Essendon's losing 1941 VFL Grand Final team. Griggs also acted as caretaker coach for one game that year.

Grigg won Essendon's 1944 Roy Laing Cup for their best player in the VFL finals series.{{cite web |title=1944 - GRIGGS WINS TROPHY |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11363915 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957 |access-date=12 June 2025 |page=7 |date=4 October 1944}}

Griggs was captain-coach of a number of rural clubs, which included premierships at - Kenmore (1936), Kerang, Bairnsdale and Mildura.{{cite web |title=1952 - Griggs nineteen years in football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/282382507 |publisher=Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956) |access-date=12 June 2025 |page=6 |date=1 October 1952}}

Grigg coached Mildura from 1950 to 1956, which included premierships in 1951, 1952 and 1955, plus grand final losses in 1953 and 1954.{{cite web |title=1956 - Les Griggs to coach Mildura |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/282452431 |publisher=Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956) |access-date=12 June 2025 |page=10 |date=7 December 1955}}