Arthur George Leslie Legge (5 October 1881 – 15 January 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Arthur George Leslie Legge | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 15 January 1941 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Glen Huntly, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | North Melbourne, Williamstown | ||
| Position(s) | Forward pocket, rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1902–03 | Williamstown (VFA) | 25 (9) | |
| 1904–09 | Essendon (VFL) | 69 (30) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of John Vickery Legge (1860–1926),[3] and Elizabeth Legge, Arthur George Leslie Legge was born on 5 October 1881.
He married Ada Dixon on 17 July 1915.[4]
Football
editHe played as a rover, either resting in the back-pocket or the forward-pocket.
Williamstown (VFA)
editHe came to Williamstown as a "local junior",[5] and went on to play 25 games and score 9 goals for Williamstown in the VFA in two seasons (1902 and 1903).
Essendon (VFL)
editCleared from Williamstown to Essendon on 13 May 1904, he went on to play 69 games and score 30 goals for Essendon in the VFL over six seasons (1904 to 1909).
Playing at forward-pocket in Essendon's 1908 VFL Grand Final team,[6] Legge kicked the second of Essendon's three goals in its 3.8 (26) to 5.5 (35) loss to Carlton. His last game for Essendon was in the side that lost 8.11 (59) to 9.14 (68) to University on 22 May 1909.
Death
editHe died at his home in Glen Huntly, Victoria on 15 January 1941.[7]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014).
- ^ It is important to note that, without providing any justification or supportive evidence for his extraordinary choice, Maplestone (1996), consistently lists "Arthur Legge" as "V.F. "Arthur" Legge" (i.e., at pp.404, 447-452). No other source ever mentions anything about any individual named "V.F. Legge".
- ^ Deaths: Legge, (Monday, 11 January 1926), p.1.
- ^ Marriages: Legge—Dixon, The Age, (Saturday, 14 August 1915), p.5.
- ^ The Association Clubs, The Argus, (Monday, 5 May 1902), p.9.
- ^ Football Premiership, 1908, The Argus, (Saturday, 26 September 1908), p.21.
- ^ Deaths: Legge, The Argus, (Thursday, 16 January 1941), p.4.
References
edit- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
External links
edit- Arthur Legge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Arthur Legge at AustralianFootball.com
- Arthur Legge, The VFA Project.
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