Jack Leith
Jack Leith | |||
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Australian rules footballer Jack Leith (b. 1872) | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | John Goodwin Leith | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1872 | ||
Place of birth | Ballan, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1935 | (aged 62)||
Place of death | Northcote, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Carlton (VFA) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1892–95 | Carlton (VFA) | 49 (24) | |
1896 | Melbourne (VFA) | 16 (28) | |
1897–1908, 1911–12 | Melbourne | 133 (162) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Goodwin Leith (12 August 1872 – 24 April 1935)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Leith was a forward and prior to joining Melbourne in the last Victorian Football Association (VFA) season in 1896 played with Carlton. He was a centre half forward in Melbourne's 1900 premiership team and topped the club's goalkicking on five occasions in his career: 1896, 1897, 1899, 1902 and 1907. When having a set shot at goal he used the place kick and once, in a game against St Kilda, kicked five goals from place kicks. He retired at the end of the 1908 season but returned to the league in 1911 when Melbourne were struggling, this time playing as a defender.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jack Leith - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 250. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
External links
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- Jack Leith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Leith at AustralianFootball.com
- 1872 births
- 1935 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
- Carlton Football Club (VFA) players
- Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners
- Melbourne Football Club premiership players
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1870s birth stubs