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Key Facts

Full name
Ronald Leishman

Known as
Ron Leishman

Senior clubs
Preston; Box Hill

Recruited from
Preston (1951)

Ron Leishman


ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
PrestonVFA1941-195098
Box HillVFA1951
VFA1941-195198
Total1941-195198

A highly accomplished player during what was a predominantly inauspicious era for Preston, Ron Leishman played 98 games for the club in a war-interrupted career which began in 1941. He won the club's best and fairest award in 1947, before transferring in 1951 to VFA newcomers Box Hill.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.