# Les Carr

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{{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](/source/Bacchus_Marsh_Football_Club), [Darley](/source/Darley_Football_Club)
| 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 football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_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](/source/Darley_Football_Club).

Carr was captain coach of Quambatook Football Club in the [Mid Murray Football League](/source/Central_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](/source/Central_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.

== Notes ==
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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

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