Les Bryant | |
Fullname: | Leslie Allan Bryant |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1896 |
Birth Place: | Norwood, South Australia |
Death Place: | Heidelberg, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Norwood |
Height: | 182 cm |
Weight: | 91 kg |
Statsend: | 1924 |
Years1: | 1923–1924 |
Club1: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals1: | 35 (23) |
Leslie Allan Bryant (29 June 1896 – 24 April 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
A follower, Bryant started his career at West Adelaide.[2] Bryant joined Norwood in 1920 and was a member of Norwood's 1922 premiership team.[3] He was already 26 by the time he made his VFL debut.[4]
At Fitzroy, he played a total of 35 senior games, 16 in 1923 and 19 the following year.[4] Bryant appeared in six finals, including the 1923 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon, which he played from a forward pocket.[5] He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia in 1923.[6]
In 1925, Bryant was cleared to the Benalla Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[7]