Australian Football - Les Beck

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Key Facts

Full name
Les Beck

Known as
Les Beck

Born
5 January 1886

Died
30 September 1961 (aged 75)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 176d
Last game: 23y 263d

Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Senior clubs
Carlton; Port Melbourne

Recruited from
Carlton (1910)

Les Beck

Club	League	Career span	Games	Goals	Avg	Win %	AKI	AHB	AMK	BV
Carlton	V/AFL	1906-1909	60	3	0.05	88%	—	—	—	0
Port Melbourne	VFA	1910	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		1906-1910	66	3	0.05	—	—	—	—	—

AFL: 1,170th player to appear, 3,789th most games played, 6,993rd most goals kickedCarlton: 201st player to appear, 291st most games played, 635th most goals kicked

Private Les Beck, who played football for Carlton, has been wounded at the front in France after 18 months’ active service. His brother was killed a year ago, and he has also another brother in the fighting line.¹

Originally from Carlton Juniors, Les Beck became a star defender with the club's senior VFL combination. His 60 VFL games from 1906 to 1909 included the winning Grand Finals of 1906-7-8. He left the club prior to the start of the 1910 season following an internal dispute and finished his senior playing career with half a dozen games in the VFA for Port Melbourne.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “Winner”, 5/12/1917, page 8.

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications, Crème de la Crème