William Leitch (footballer)

William Douglas Leitch[1] (16 December 1863 – 24 May 1943[2] ), born in Hobart to Scottish immigrants John Leitch and Jean McCrone, was a Tasmanian footballer, businessman and sports administrator.[3] Leitch was an employee and later board of directors member of Henry Jones's IXL jam manufacturing business;[3] taking his first job at the company at the age of only ten and working there until his death, he gave almost seventy years continuous service.[4]

In his youth Leitch was a highly regarded Australian rules football player at the Railway Football Club.[5] In later life he was a patron of Australian rules football in Tasmania, and was a long-time Tasmanian delegate to the Australian National Football Council.[6] The William Leitch Medal for the fairest and best player in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League was named in his honour.[3]

References
  1. "Birth Certificate of William Douglas Leitch". linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. "Mr. William Leitch, Hobart". The Advocate. Tasmania. 25 May 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The Companion to Tasmanian History – William Douglas Leitch". The Companion to Tasmanian History. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. "Mr William Leitch's record". The Mercury. CLVII (22, 540). Hobart, TAS. 26 February 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Reynolds, John. "Australian Dictionary of Biography – Jones, Sir Henry (1862–1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  6. "Football Official Dies". The News. 40 (6, 184). Adelaide. 25 May 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 29 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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