Les Mogg

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(2012-05-02) (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)
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
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. Shepparton News,"Murray football great remembered" Archived 12 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 7 May 2012
  3. "Full Points Footy: Les Mogg (North Melbourne)". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  4. AFL Tables: Les Mogg
  5. The Age,"Mogg Best in Murray League", 23 August 1961, p. 1
  6. The Age,"Remembering the day Murray league played better than Saints", 23 June 2010, Paul Daffey
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