Leon_Beer_(footballer)
Leon Beer (footballer)
Australian rules footballer
Leonta Horace "Onty" Beer (11 February 1903 – 12 February 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Leon Beer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leonta Horace Beer | ||
| Nickname(s) | Onty | ||
| Date of birth | (1903-02-11)11 February 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Townsville, Queensland | ||
| Date of death | 12 February 1966(1966-02-12) (aged 63) | ||
| 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) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
Yarraville (MJFA)
South Melbourne (VFL)
Williamstown (VFA)
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)
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.57.
- 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
- 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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