Leopold Paul Little (22 February 1892 – 19 November 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Leo Little | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leopold Paul Little | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Bacchus Marsh | ||
| Date of death | 19 November 1956 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Mercy Hospital, East Melbourne | ||
| Original team(s) | Port Melbourne | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1912–13 | University | 34 (20) | |
| 1919–20 | Melbourne | 12 (4) | |
| Total | 46 (24) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of David Armstrong Little (1864-1926),[2] and Annie Mary Little (1856-1944), née Hanigan,[3] Leopold Paul Little was born at Bacchus Marsh on 22 February 1892.
He married Doris Speck (1899-1984) in 1920.[4]
Education
editHe was attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat as a boarder from 1906 to 1910;[5][6] and, in January 1910, it was announced that (as "Leopold Francis Paul Little", No.1812) he had passed the Junior Public Examination.[7]
In January 1910 he sat for the Commonwealth Public Service Examination for Appointment as a Clerk, Class 5, and (as "Leopold Francis Paul Little") was 18th of all the 600 candidates.[8][9][10]
Football
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He played for University in 1912 and 1913. In 1914, as a member of the Commonwealth Public Service, he moved to Canberra.
On 17 October 1914,
- "L.P. Little, late of Melbourne University, and of football fame, won the 120 yards hurdle, the high jump, and the 440 yards championship of the territory (open to all comers)".[12]
He was not linked with the Melbourne Football Club until 1919 (on his return to Australia from active service)[13]
Military service
editHe enlisted in the First AIF, as "Leo Paul Little", on 8 January 1916.
He played for the (winning) Third Australian national Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[14][15]
He was wounded in action in 1917.[16]
Death
editHe died on 19 November 1956 at the Mercy Hospital, in East Melbourne.[17][18]
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p. 29.
- ^ Deaths: Little, The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 April 1926), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Little, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 December 1944), p.15.
- ^ Australians Abroad, The Australasian, (Saturday, 18 January 1919), p.121-122, at p.122.
- ^ Leo Paul Little, St Patrick's College, 20 July 2015.
- ^ 'Lynx', "Footballers' Pastime: History of Handball", The Herald, (Saturday, 20 March 1920), p.2.
- ^ University of Melbourne: Public Examinations: Successful Candidates: Junior Public Examination, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 10 January 1910), p.2.
- ^ Federal Public Service: Clerical Examinations, The (Melbourne) Advocate, (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p.28.
- ^ Commonwealth Public Service: Examination No.189: For Appointment as Clerk, 5th Class, Victoria and South Australia. Held 25th to 27th January, 1910, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.17, (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p.704.
- ^ "Mr. D. A. Little's third son, Leopold Francis Paul, has passed 18th on a list of 600 for a Federal service junior examination" (The Bacchus Marsh Express, (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p.2).
- ^ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16689).
- ^ Patriotic Sports Meeting, Canberra, Table Talk, (Thursday, 29 October 1914), p.31
- ^ Demonwiki.
- ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
- ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
- ^ Australian Casualties List No.317: Victoria: Wounded: "Lt. Leo Paul Little, Werribee", The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 July 1917), p.8.
- ^ Deaths: Little, The Argus, (Tuesday, 20 November 1956), p.14.
- ^ Mr. Little, 64, Dies, The Argus, (Tuesday, 20 November 1956), p.7.
References
edit- Photograph at Leo Paul Little, ACT Memorial: detail of second from left, fourth row from top, at Postcard: "Our Queanbeyan Boys", No.3 (P01061.003), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- Little, Leo P., "Trip to Kosciusko", The Bacchus Marsh Express, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.1.
- Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 7th ed, Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Strong, Bill, "Leopold (Leo) Paul Little M.C. (1892-1956)", Wyndham History.
- First World War Embarkation Roll: Sergeant Leo Paul Little (315), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Leo Paul Little (MC), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- Honours and Awards (Military Cross): Lieutenant Leo Paul Little, collection of the Australian War Memorial; First World War Service Record: Lieutenant Leo Paul Little, National Archives of Australia.
- First World War Service Record: Lieutenant Leo Paul Little (MC), National Archives of Australia.
- Richardson, N. (2016), The Game of Their Lives, Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. ISBN 978-1-7435-3666-7
External links
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- Leo Little's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Leo Little at AustralianFootball.com
- Demonwiki profile
- "Little, _Ports11" at The VFA Project.
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