Lou Sleeth | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Louis David Sleeth | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Lilydale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 29 November 1990 74) | (aged||
Original team(s) | Box Hill | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Position(s) | half-forward flank | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1937–38 | Richmond | 20 (22) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Louis David Sleeth (26 February 1916 – 29 November 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
The son of Charles Alfred Sleeth (1883–1923), [2] and Johanna "Annie" Sleeth (1887-1966), née Ring, Louis David Sleeth was born at Lilydale, Victoria on 26 February 1916.
He married Dalila Mary "Dolly" Garton (1920-2004) in 1947.
He played in 160 games over 20 seasons — 1929-1934, 1936, 1939, 1941-1948 [3] — for the Box Hill Football Club in the Eastern Suburbs Football League.
He played for the East Burwood Football Club in the Federal Football League in 1935. [3]
A left-footed half-forward flanker, Sleeth was cleared from Box Hill to Richmond on 21 April 1937. [4] He played for two seasons (1937 and 1938), and played in 20 First XVIII matches, scoring 22 goals, and in 14 Second XVIII matches, scoring 23 goals. [3]
On 7 August 1937, as a member of the greatly weakened Richmond side that played against Essendon, at the Punt Road Ground — Percy Bentley, Jack Dyer, and Dick Harris were absent interstate with the VFL, and George Smeaton and Billy Wells were both injured — Sleeth, best on the ground, kicked six of Richmond's 13 goals (including the winning goal), in an unexpected two point victory. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
In September 1937, The Argus selected Sleeth in its team of 1937's first-year players. [10]
Best First-Year Players (1937) | |||
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Backs | Bernie Treweek (Fitzroy) | Reg Henderson (Richmond) | Lawrence Morgan (Fitzroy) |
H/Backs | Gordon Waters (Hawthorn) | Bill Cahill (Essendon) | Eddie Morcom (North Melbourne) |
Centre Line | Ted Buckley (Melbourne) | George Bates (Richmond) | Jack Kelly (St Kilda) |
H/Forwards | Col Williamson (St Kilda) | Ray Watts (Essendon) | Don Dilks (Footscray) |
Forwards | Lou Sleeth (Richmond) | Sel Murray (North Melbourne) | Charlie Pierce (Hawthorn) |
Rucks/Rover | Reg Garvin (St Kilda) | Sandy Patterson (South Melbourne) | Des Fothergill (Collingwood) |
Second Ruck | Lawrence Morgan | Col Williamson | Lou Sleeth |
Cleared from Box Hill to Preston on 17 April 1940. [11] [12] [13] He played in 14 games and scored 30 goals in the 1940 season. [3]
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