Les Carbarns
Personal information
Full name Leslie John Patience Carbarns
Date of birth (1891-04-01)1 April 1891
Place of birth Tungamah, Victoria
Date of death 3 May 1970(1970-05-03) (aged 79)
Place of death Malvern, Victoria
Original team(s) South Yarra
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1920–1921 St Kilda 19 (1)
1922–1924 Hawthorn (VFA)
1925 Hawthorn 12 (2)
Total 31 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie John Patience Carbarns (1 April 1891 – 3 May 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

The son of Thomas Carbarns (1855–1909)[2] and Fanny Carbarns (1855–1925),[3] nee Emery, Leslie John Patience Carbarns was born at Tungamah on 1 April 1891.

He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne where he played football for the first XVIII and then played football with South Yarra in the Metropolitan League from 1912 to 1914.

In 1920, Carbarns married Elizabeth Mary Crawford (1887–1951).[4]

World War I

Carbarns enlisted to serve in World War I in 1915[5] and he served in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine with the 10th Reinforcements from 1915 to 1919.

Football

St Kilda

Upon his return for war, Carbarns played for two seasons with St Kilda where he played a total of 19 games.

Hawthorn

In 1922 Carbarns transferred to Hawthorn (then in the Victorian Football Association).[6] He played for Hawthorn for four years, including the 1925 VFL season, their first in the VFL competition.

Later life

After his VFL career Carbarns worked as a sales agent and lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He also worked as a journalist for the Sporting Globe[7] and served in numerous football and cricket administration roles.

Les Carbarns died at Malvern on 3 May 1970 and is buried in Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[8]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 19, 568. Victoria, Australia. 7 April 1909. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 24, 770. Victoria, Australia. 29 December 1925. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Family Notices". Table Talk. No. 1836. Victoria, Australia. 7 October 1920. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Leslie Carbarns". The AIF Project.
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 May 1922. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Les Carbarns". Sporting Globe. No. 4261. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1953. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Leslie John Patience Carbarns". Find a Grave.

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