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) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]
The 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]
He 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]
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,
He was not linked with the Melbourne Football Club until 1919 (on his return to Australia from active service) [13]
He 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]
He died on 19 November 1956 at the Mercy Hospital, in East Melbourne. [17] [18]
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) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920. | |||
Career highlights | |||
| |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]
The 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]
He 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]
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,
He was not linked with the Melbourne Football Club until 1919 (on his return to Australia from active service) [13]
He 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]
He died on 19 November 1956 at the Mercy Hospital, in East Melbourne. [17] [18]