Ted Leach

Ted Leach
Ted Leach
	Leach in 1902
Personal information
Full name	Edward Hale Leach
Born	24 April 1883; Heidelberg, Victoria
Died	19 February 1965 (aged 81); Balwyn, Victoria
Original team	Collegians
Playing career1
Years	Club
1901–03	Collingwood
1904, 1909	Melbourne
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Hale Leach (24 April 1883 - 19 February 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Leach (1847-1916),^[2] and Emma Bunkin Leach (1847-1893), née Stuckey,^[3] Edward Hale Leach was born in Heidelberg, Victoria on 24 April 1883.^[4]

Wife

He married Amy Harriet Cougle (1880-1948) in 1904.^[5]

Brothers

His two brothers, Arthur Thomas Leach (1876–1948), and John Frederick "Fred" Leach (1878–1908) also played for Collingwood.^[6]

Death

He died (suddenly) at his home in Balwyn, Victoria on 19 February 1965.^[7]

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
↑ Deaths: Leach, The Argus, (Friday, 6 October 1916), p.1.
↑ Deaths: Leach, (Saturday 9 December 1893), p.5.
↑ Births: Leach, The Argus, (Saturday, 28 April 1883), p.1.
↑ Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 1 November 1948), p.2.
↑ The three brothers appear in the photograph at File:Collingwood_1902_premiers.jpg of 23 Collingwood First XVIII players, taken in 1902 (the same photograph, with all individuals identified by name, is at ).
↑ Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 22 February 1965), p.16.

External links

Ted Leach's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ted Leach at AustralianFootball.com
Ted Leach, Collingwood Forever.
Ted Leach, The VFA Project.

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] Deaths: Leach, The Argus, (Friday, 6 October 1916), p.1.

[3] Deaths: Leach, (Saturday 9 December 1893), p.5.

[4] Births: Leach, The Argus, (Saturday, 28 April 1883), p.1.

[5] Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 1 November 1948), p.2.

[6] The three brothers appear in the photograph at File:Collingwood_1902_premiers.jpg of 23 Collingwood First XVIII players, taken in 1902 (the same photograph, with all individuals identified by name, is at ).

[7] Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 22 February 1965), p.16.

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