Ted Leehane

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Ted Leehane
Personal information
Full name Edward Joseph Leehane
Date of birth (1923-06-02)2 June 1923
Place of birth Brunswick, Victoria
Date of death 18 November 2014(2014-11-18) (aged 91)[1]
Original team(s) East Brunswick
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–1950 Essendon 83 (140)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Career highlights
  • Essendon premiership player: 1942, 1949 & 1950
  • Essendon best and fairest runner-up: 1946
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Joseph Leehane (2 June 1923 – 18 November 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He was a member of the Essendon premiership teams in 1942, 1949 and 1950.

Leehane later captain-coached Mansfield from 1951 to 1956.

References

  1. ^ "Club mourns passing of Ted Leehane". Essedon Football Club. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

External links

  • Ted Leehane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Ted Leehane at AustralianFootball.com
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Essendon Football Club 1942 VFL premiers
Essendon 19.18 (132) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79), at Princes Park
  • 1. Coward
  • 3. D. Reynolds (c)
  • 4. Exelby
  • 5. Caesar
  • 6. Hird
  • 7. Hutchison
  • 8. Plummer
  • 10. Dearle
  • 14. Leehane
  • 15. Buttsworth
  • 19. Cassin
  • 20. Torney
  • 21. Ruddell
  • 22. Lane
  • 25. Abbott
  • 28. Silk
  • 29. T. Reynolds
  • 30. Flanigan
  • 35. Bushby
Coach: D. Reynolds
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Essendon Football Club 1949/50 VFL premiers
1949: Essendon 18.17 (125) defeated Carlton 6.16 (52), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1950: Essendon 13.14 (92) defeated North Melbourne 7.12 (54), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Reynolds
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Essendon Football Club · leading goalkickers
VFL/AFL
AFL Women's


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