Gus Young (footballer)

Gus Young
Personal information
Full name Leo Young
Date of birth (1915-05-18)18 May 1915
Place of birth Heyfield, Victoria[1]
Date of death 29 May 1941(1941-05-29) (aged 26)[2]
Place of death at sea, Middle East
Original team(s) Maffra
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–40 Hawthorn 10 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leo "Gus" Young (18 May 1915 – 29 May 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League. Rated as a top forward early in his career, Young was killed in action in World War II.[3]

See also

References

  1. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. "Roll of Honour: Leo Young". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. "ROLL OF HONOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES". The Age (26, 880). Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1941. p. 10.
  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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