Leon Beer (footballer)
| Leon Beer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leonta Horace Beer | ||
| Nickname(s) | Onty | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Townsville, Queensland | ||
| Date of death | 12 January 1966 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Sunshine North, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Yarraville (MJFA) | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1920 | Yarraville (MJFA) | ||
| 1921–1923 | South Melbourne (VFL) | 15 (2) | |
| 1924–1928 | Williamstown (VFA) | 74 (36) | |
| 1929 | Yarraville (VFA) | 12 (5) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leonta Horace "Onty" Beer (11 February 1903 – 12 January 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Arthur Wills Beer (1856–1925),[2] and Rose Edith Beer (1863–1929), née Newman, Leonta Horace Beer was born at Townsville, Queensland on 11 February 1903 — known as "Onty" (sometimes "Ontie"), he was named "Leonta" after the devastating 1903 Townsville cyclone, identified as such by the Queensland State Government meteorologist C.L. Wragge.[3][4]
He married Isabella Ivy Brown (1900–1949) in 1922.[5]
Football
[edit]Yarraville (MJFA)
[edit]South Melbourne (VFL)
[edit]Williamstown (VFA)
[edit]Having tried out with Footscray in the preseason,[8] he played his first game for Williamstown, against Hawthorn on 7 June 1924.[9][10]
Yarraville (VFA)
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.57.
- ^ Deaths: Beer, The Age, (Thursday, 3 December 1925), p.1.
- ^ 'Fair Play', "Captain of Williamstown: Record of "Onty" Beer", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 12 May 1928), p.6.
- ^ "Leonta" at Townsville, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 11 March 1903), p.6.
- ^ Deaths: Beer, The Age, (Saturday, 5 November 1949), p.2.
- ^ Yarraville Wins Again, The (Footscray) Independent, (Saturday, 12 June 1920), p.1.
- ^ Melbourne v. S. Melb., The Herald, (Saturday, 28 May 1921), p.2.
- ^ The Association: Footscray Activities, The Age, (Monday, 7 April 1924), p.6.
- ^ Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 14 June 1924), p.3.
- ^ Black, J.T., "Williamstown Coach" (letter to the Editor), The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 1 September 1928), p.2.
- ^ New Management: Changes at Yarravile, The Herald, (Friday, 5 April 1929), p.14.
- ^ Victorian Football Teams: No.17 — Yarraville, The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 August 1929), p.76.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
External links
[edit]- Leon Beer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Leon Beer at AustralianFootball.com
- Leon "Monty" Beer, at The VFA Project.
- "Beer, _Yville29", at The VFA Project.
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