Les Reeves

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Les Reeves

| image =

| fullname = Leslie Charles Reeves

| birth_date = 22 June 1923

| birth_place = Coburg, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|6|23|1923|6|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Preston, Victoria

| originalteam = Wesley College, Melbourne

| height = 179 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1953

| years1 = 1946–1953

| club1 = North Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 116 (8)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Leslie Charles Reeves (22 June 1923 – 23 June 1967){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/les%2Breeves/7457|title=Les Reeves - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=21 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, (VFL).

Reeves was the nephew of Ray Niven and Colin Niven.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22898331 Taylor, Percy, "League Footballers of 1950 — Half-Back Flankers", The Argus, (Saturday, 1 July 1950), p.12.]

Prior to playing VFL football, Reeves served in the Australian Army during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=489817&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: REEVES, Leslie Charles |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}

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