Leslie Thomas "Les" Mogg (27 August 1929 – 2 May 2012)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
| Les Mogg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Thomas Mogg | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1929 | ||
| Date of death | 2 May 2012 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Cobram | ||
| Original team(s) | St Pat's Ballarat[1] | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947-48 | Commonwealth Bank | ||
| 1949–1954 | North Melbourne | 75 (41) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mogg came to North Melbourne from Ballarat and was a regular member of the team from the second half of the 1950 season. He was a wingman for North Melbourne in the 1950 VFL Grand Final.[3]
Also used as a half forward flanker during his career, Mogg kicked 16 goals in 1952.[4] Injuries restricted him to just five games in 1953 but he played all but two of North Melbourne's matches the following year.[4]
He left the club after the 1954 season to take up the position of captain-coach for Cobram Football Club in the Murray Football League (MFL).
In 1955, his first season, he led Cobram to a grand final win and captain-coached them to three further premierships, all in succession, from 1959 to 1961.
As a player, he had a particularly strong season in 1961, winning the O'Dwyer Medal as the league's "Best and Fairest".[5] He topped the MFL goal-kicking that year as well, with 85 goals. It was the second time he had won the goal-kicking award, which is now named after him, having also kicked a league record 132 goals in 1960, 148 after finals.
He also had the distinction of being the captain-coach of the MFL combined team which upset VFL club St Kilda by 14 points in a 1960 practice match. It is believed to have been the first time since 1914 that a country side had beaten a VFL team.[6]
References
edit- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ Shepparton News,"Murray football great remembered" Archived 12 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 7 May 2012
- ^ "Full Points Footy: Les Mogg (North Melbourne)". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ a b AFL Tables: Les Mogg
- ^ The Age,"Mogg Best in Murray League", 23 August 1961, p. 1
- ^ The Age,"Remembering the day Murray league played better than Saints", 23 June 2010, Paul Daffey