James Leslie Armstrong (16 June 1887 – 4 December 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Football
Armstrong, a defender, came to Geelong from the Mercantile Football Club.[1] He was used mostly in the back pocket and as a half back flanker.[2] Durable, he put together 91 consecutive games from 1909 to 1913.[3]
Military service
During World War II he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps, enlisting in Frankston in 1942.[4]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ australianfootball.com.
- ^ AFLTables.
- ^ "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5
- Footballer's Leg Broken, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 31 July 1915), p.3.
- Footballer Injured, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 6 August 1915), p.3.
External links
- Les Armstrong's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Les Armstrong at AustralianFootball.com
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