Archie Leitch
Hawthorn
AFL career
4 games0 goals
- Debut
- R5 1928 v MEL19 May 1928
- Most recent
- R8 1928 v GEE4 June 1928
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Moorabbin in the Federal Football League, Archie Leitch was a lightly framed utility who secured a brief opportunity with Hawthorn during the club's difficult early years in the VFL. Weighing just 67kg, he lacked the physical presence for key position play but impressed enough at training to earn his debut in Round 5 of the 1928 season. Leitch managed four senior appearances for the Mayblooms—as the club was then known—featuring in a lineup that struggled for consistency and depth throughout the late 1920s. Unable to cement a permanent spot in the 18, his league career was confined to a single winter at Glenferrie Oval before he drifted back to local football, remaining one of many hopefuls who passed through the club as it searched for a competitive identity.
Profile
- Born
- 12 Mar 1906
- Died
- 16 Sept 1989 (aged 83y 188d)
- Birthplace
- Richmond, VIC
- Deathplace
- Richmond, VIC
- Height
- 177 cm
- Weight
- 67 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Moorabbin in the Federal Football League, Archie Leitch was a lightly framed utility who secured a brief opportunity with Hawthorn during the club's difficult early years in the VFL. Weighing just 67kg, he lacked the physical presence for key position play but impressed enough at training to earn his debut in Round 5 of the 1928 season. Leitch managed four senior appearances for the Mayblooms—as the club was then known—featuring in a lineup that struggled for consistency and depth throughout the late 1920s. Unable to cement a permanent spot in the 18, his league career was confined to a single winter at Glenferrie Oval before he drifted back to local football, remaining one of many hopefuls who passed through the club as it searched for a competitive identity.