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Les Woodford
Les Woodford
	Woodford in May 1925
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Victor Woodford
Date of birth	11 May 1897
Place of birth	Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death	23 May 1965 (aged 68)
Place of death	Camberwell, Victoria
Original team(s)	Camberwell
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1925	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Career highlights
	Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1925;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Victor Woodford (11 May 1897 – 23 May 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The fourth of five children born to Thomas Edward Woodford (1864–1943) and Eveline Woodford (1867–1919), nee Holditch, Leslie Victor Woodford was born at Hawthorn on 11 May 1897.

In 1919 Les Woodford married Olive Susan Mould (1897–1928) and they had several children together. Following her death in 1928, Woodford married Martha McCullough (1907–1983) in 1930.

Football

Originally from Camberwell,^[1] Woodford played for Hawthorn in their inaugural VFL season in 1925.^[2] He was the first Hawthorn player to kick five goals in a game, doing so in their round three loss to Collingwood.^[3] By the end of the year he had kicked 20 goals, which was enough to top their goal-kicking.^[3]

The next season, he returned to Camberwell.^[4]

Honours and achievements

Individual

Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1925

Death

Les Woodford died at Camberwell in May 1965 and is buried at Burwood Cemetery.^[5]

References

^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 April 1925. p. 15.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
^ ^a ^b "AFL Tables: Les Woodford". afltables.com.
^ The Argus,"Football: Movements of Players", 21 April 1926, p. 16
^ "Leslie Victor Woodford". Greater Melbourne Cemeteries Trust.