 Lennie Guest 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Leonard Herbert Guest | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1908 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 1965 (aged 57) Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Leonard Herbert Guest (1908-1965) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s.
Guest was born in Narrandera, New South Wales and then lived at Kingsgrove, New South Wales before signing with St George.
Guest played four seasons with St. George between 1926 and 1929. He played centre in the first St. George grand final team of 1927. Guest was a prolific goal kicker and was the club's top point scorer in 1928 and 1929. He scored nearly two hundred points for St. George during his four years at the club. [2]
Guest died on 22 October 1965, aged 57. [3]
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