{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Les Carr | image = | fullname = Les Carr | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|05|22|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|05|11|1929|05|22|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = Bacchus Marsh, Darley | height = 173 cm | weight = 70 kg | position = | statsend = 1948 | years1 = 1947–48 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 9 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Les Carr''' (22 May 1929 – 11 May 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=129}}</ref>
Carr won the 1949,<ref>{{cite web |title=1949 - Football: L. Carr - Best & Fairest |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/262630566 |publisher=The Express, Bacchus Marsh (Vic. : 1943 - 1954) |access-date=2 June 2024 |page=8 |date=13 August 1949}}</ref> 1954<ref>{{cite web |title=1954 - BEST AND FAIREST TO L. CARR (DARLEY) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254859325 |publisher=The Express, Melton (Vic. 1943 - 1954) |access-date=2 June 2024 |page=3 |date=21 August 1954}}</ref> and 1955<ref>{{cite web |title=1955 - Country Football Games |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aIYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2360%2C1188423 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=7 June 2024 |page=15 |date=8 August 1955}}</ref> Bacchus Marsh & Melton District Football Association best and fairest award, representing the Darley Football Club.
Carr was captain coach of Quambatook Football Club in the Mid Murray Football League in 1951 and 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=1951 - Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254849369 |publisher=The Express, Melton (Vic. 1943 - 1954) |access-date=3 June 2024 |page=1 |date=27 January 1951}}</ref>
Carr won both the Quambatook FC best and fairest and also the Mid Murray Football League best and fairest award in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |title=1951 - EX-DARLEY FOOT- BALLER PROMINENT IN NORTH |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/262655315 |publisher=The Express, Bacchus Marsh (Vic. : 1943 - 1954) |access-date=3 June 2024 |page=5 |date=6 October 1951}}</ref>
Carr returned to Darley FC as their captain coach in 1954.
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=L/Les_Carr.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Les+Carr Les Carr's profile] at Blueseum *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224481290/24196941/ 1951 - Quambatook FC team photo]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Les}} Category:1929 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen