{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Les Witto | image = | fullname = Leslie Witto | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|5|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Broken Hill, New South Wales | death_date = {{death date and age|1926|8|23|1903|5|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Victoria | originalteam = Broken Hill West | height = 177 cm | weight = 74 kg | position = | statsend = 1926 | years1 = 1926 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 6 (0) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Les Witto''' (6 May 1903 – 23 August 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
==History== A defender, Witto was playing in just his sixth game of league football when he broke his arm in a game against Geelong and died nine days later from a tetanus infection.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3804564 |title=Footballer Dies. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=24 August 1926 |accessdate=19 February 2012 |page=11}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{AFL Tables|ref=L/Les_Witto.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Les+Witto Profile at Blueseum]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Witto, Les}} Category:1903 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Category:Deaths from tetanus Category:Australian rules footballers who died while playing Category:Sport deaths in Australia Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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