Ted Leach

Ted Leach
Leach in 1902
Personal information
Full name Edward Hale Leach
Born (1883-04-24)24 April 1883
Heidelberg, Victoria
Died 19 February 1965(1965-02-19) (aged 81)
Balwyn, Victoria
Original team Collegians
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901–03 Collingwood 22 (9)
1904, 1909 Melbourne 23 (9)
Total 45 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Hale Leach (24 April 1883 - 19 February 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Thomas Leach (1847-1916), and Emma Bunkin Leach (1847-1893), née Stuckey, Edward Hale Leach was born in Heidelberg, Victoria on 24 April 1883.

Wife

He married Amy Harriet Cougle (1880-1948) in 1904.

Brothers

His two brothers, Arthur Thomas Leach (1876–1948), and John Frederick "Fred" Leach (1878–1908) also played for Collingwood.

Death

He died (suddenly) at his home in Balwyn, Victoria on 19 February 1965.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ Deaths: Leach, The Argus, (Friday, 6 October 1916), p.1.
  3. ↑ Deaths: Leach, (Saturday 9 December 1893), p.5.
  4. ↑ Births: Leach, The Argus, (Saturday, 28 April 1883), p.1.
  5. ↑ Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 1 November 1948), p.2.
  6. ↑ The three brothers appear in the photograph at File:Collingwood_1902_premiers.jpg of 23 Collingwood First XVIII players, taken in 1902 (the same photograph, with all individuals identified by name, is at ).
  7. ↑ Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 22 February 1965), p.16.