Les Vernon
South Melbourne and Carlton
AFL career
22 games1 goals
- Debut
- SR1 1898 v ESS27 Aug 1898
- Most recent
- R8 1901 v STK8 June 1901
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Bio
A gifted all-round athlete who successfully balanced top-level football with a representative cricket career for Victoria, Les Vernon was recruited to Carlton from West Melbourne Juniors in 1898. His time at Princes Park was fleeting, yielding just three senior appearances before he spent a year out of the VFL system, likely to focus on his Sheffield Shield commitments. Vernon returned to the league in 1900 with South Melbourne, where his agility and fielding background saw him slot into the lineup as a serviceable utility player. While he managed only a single goal during his two seasons in the red and white, he provided athletic depth to a South side stabilising after the turn of the century, eventually retiring from VFL football to pursue his cricketing ambitions more fully.
Profile
- Born
- 29 May 1880
- Died
- 11 May 1957 (aged 76y 347d)
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Bio
1 revisionA gifted all-round athlete who successfully balanced top-level football with a representative cricket career for Victoria, Les Vernon was recruited to Carlton from West Melbourne Juniors in 1898. His time at Princes Park was fleeting, yielding just three senior appearances before he spent a year out of the VFL system, likely to focus on his Sheffield Shield commitments. Vernon returned to the league in 1900 with South Melbourne, where his agility and fielding background saw him slot into the lineup as a serviceable utility player. While he managed only a single goal during his two seasons in the red and white, he provided athletic depth to a South side stabilising after the turn of the century, eventually retiring from VFL football to pursue his cricketing ambitions more fully.