Fred Leach

Fred Leach
Personal information
Date of birth	6 March 1878
Date of death	14 April 1908 (aged 30)
Original team(s)	Boroondara
Height / weight	183 cm / 83 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1903	Collingwood	84 (8)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.

Fred Leach (6 March 1878 – 14 April 1908)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Leach was a centreman in the losing Grand Final side of 1901, but played at centre half-back in the 1902 premiership team.

He died in 1908 of Typhoid fever, just five years after retiring. However, he had previously retired twice, and Collingwood expected him to "walk back after a few weeks absence".

Leach's brothers Arthur and Ted also played for Collingwood.

References

1. "Fred Leach". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links

• Fred Leach's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.