Laurie Leask

Laurie Leask
Personal information
Full name Laurence Leask
Date of birth (1912-06-14)14 June 1912
Place of birth Deniliquin, New South Wales
Date of death 7 May 1981(1981-05-07) (aged 68)
Place of death Mildura, Victoria
Original team(s) Mildura
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–1937 South Melbourne 11 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Laurie Leask (14 June 1912 – 7 May 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Leask of South Melbourne won the 1936 VFL Reserves best and fairest award[2] and also South Melbourne Reserves' best and fairest award too.[3]

Leask returned to the Mildura Football League to play with the Workers FC in 1938.[4]

Leask won the 1934 (Pollock Medal)[5] and 1938 (Snow Trophy)[6] for the best and fairest award in the Mildura Football League.[7]

Leask won the 1935 Mildura Football Club best and fairest award[8] and the 1938 Workers Football Club best and fairest award.[9]

Leask was captain-coach of Mildura's 1946 Sunraysia Football League premiership team.[10][11]

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. 506. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1936 - LAURIE LEASK GAINS SUCCESS IN MELBOURNE". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 17 October 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ "1936 - S.M.F.C. ANNUAL MEETING ATTRACTS LARGE ATTENDANCE". Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1954). 12 December 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. ^ "1938 - Football: Laurie Leask Granted Clearance". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 23 April 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ^ "1934 - LEASK WINS THE POLLOCK MEDAL". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 23 August 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ "1938 - Advertising: Snow Trophy". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 10 September 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. ^ "1938 - Leask Wins Snow Trophy". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 24 September 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ^ "1935 - MILDURA CLUB SMOKE NIGHT". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 17 October 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  9. ^ "1938 - Workers' Football Club". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 1 November 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  10. ^ "1946 - MILDURA CAPTAIN". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 6 September 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  11. ^ "1946 - MILDURA WINS FIRST PREMIERSHIP IN 20 YEARS". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 9 September 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 15 June 2025.


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