Len Worle

Leonard Victor Worle (26 May 1889 – 10 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Len Worle
Personal information
Full name Leonard Victor Worle
Date of birth (1889-05-26)26 May 1889
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 10 October 1948(1948-10-10) (aged 59)
Place of death Fitzroy North, Victoria
Original team(s) Brunswick
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912 Essendon 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

One of five children, the son of Thomas Worle (1845-1915),[3] and Eliza Worle (1857-1912), née Dennis,[4] Leonard Victor Worle was born at Collingwood on 26 May 1889. His brother, Thomas Henry Worle (1885-1917), played for Collingwood.

He married Henrietta Bromley (1890-1982) in 1912.

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF, and served overseas with the 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade.

Death

He died at North Fitzroy on 10 October 1948.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.972.
  2. Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Saturday, 16 October 1948), p.9.
  3. Deaths: Worle, The Argus, (Wednesday, 28 July 1915), p.1.
  4. Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Wednesday, 31 January 1912), p/1.
  5. Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Saturday, 16 October 1948), p.9.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • First World War Nominal Roll: Bombardier Leonard Victor Worle (1129), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
  • First World War Nominal Roll: Sergeant Leonard Victor Worle (1129), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
  • First World War Service Record: Sergeant Leonard Victor Worle (1129), National Archives of Australia.
  • Repatriation Department File: Sergeant Leonard Victor Worle (1129), National Archives of Australia.
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