# Les McClements

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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

Les McClements Personal information Full name Samuel Leslie McClements Born (1922-05-12)12 May 1922[1] Claremont, Western Australia Died 27 October 1973(1973-10-27) (aged 51) Hobart, Tasmania Position Ruckman Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1941–1950 Claremont 108 1951–1955 Clarence ? 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955. Source: AustralianFootball.com

**Samuel Leslie McClements** (12 May 1922 – 27 October 1973[2]) was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played for [Claremont](/source/Claremont_Football_Club) in the [West Australian National Football League](/source/West_Australian_Football_League) (WANFL) and in Tasmania with [Clarence](/source/Clarence_Football_Club).

Although not the tallest going around, McClements played as a ruckman and was Claremont's '[Best and fairest](/source/Best_and_fairest)' winner every year from 1946 to 1950. He was unlucky not to play in a premiership as his career began the year after Claremont's strongest era where they won three successive flags. McClements represented Western Australia at the [1947 Hobart Carnival](/source/1947_Hobart_Carnival), starring in their upset win over the VFL and sharing the [Tassie Medal](/source/Tassie_Medal) with Bob Furler of Canberra.

In Tasmania he was a good performer for Clarence, where he won two 'Best and fairest' awards and earned selection in the Tasmanian squad for the [1953 Adelaide Carnival](/source/1953_Adelaide_Carnival). Three years earlier he had represented Western Australia at the [Brisbane Carnival](/source/1950_Brisbane_Carnival). When not playing football he worked as a truck driver for a hardware firm. He served with the [9th Division](/source/9th_Division_(Australia)) of the [Australian Army](/source/Australian_Army) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and was a member of an army football side that defeated an [RAAF](/source/RAAF) side in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) in 1945.[3]

His niece [Lyn McClements](/source/Lyn_McClements) is a gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Samuel McClements (Claremont)"](http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/2395). wafl.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["West Australian Football Hall of Fame"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130411015402/http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/4-hall-of-fame-inductees). March 2012. Archived from [the original](http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/4-hall-of-fame-inductees) on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [FOOTBALLERS ON MONDAY](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53245540) – *[The Western Mail](/source/Western_Mail_(Western_Australia))*. Published 1 August 1946. Retrieved from [Trove](http://trove.nla.gov.au), 15 January 2012.

## External links

- [Les McClements](https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Les+McClements/15989) at AustralianFootball.com

- [Les McClements's WAFL playing statistics](https://waflfootyfacts.net/player/stats.php?PlayerID=4125) at WAFLFootyFacts.net

v t e Tassie Medal winners 1937: Cronin 1947: Furler / McClements 1950: Cashion 1953: McIntosh 1956: Farmer 1958: Aylett / Whitten 1961: Dixon 1966: Cable 1969: Eakins / Molloy 1972: McAullay 1975: not awarded 1979: Peake 1980: Cornes 1983: Michael 1984: Hardie 1985: Weightman 1986: Hardie 1987: Naley 1988: Salmon The Tassie Medal was awarded from 1937–88 to the best player at the Australian National Football Carnival.

v t e 1948 Sporting Life Team of the Year Defenders Charlie Sutton (Footscray) Shane McGrath (Melbourne) Bob McClure (Essendon) Marcel Hilsz (Perth) Bert Deacon (Carlton) Len Fitzgerald (Collingwood) Midfielders Stan Heal (West Perth) Bill Twomey Jr. (Collingwood) Noel Jarvis (Fitzroy) Forwards Bill Hutchison (Essendon) Jack Howell (Carlton) Bob Hank (West Torrens) Bill Morris (Richmond) Lindsay White (Geelong) Lou Richards (Collingwood) Followers Merv McIntosh (Perth) Les McClements (Claremont) Jack Sheedy (East Fremantle)

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