Les Witto

Les Witto
Personal information
Date of birth (1903-05-06)6 May 1903
Date of death 23 August 1926(1926-08-23) (aged 23)
Place of death Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Broken Hill
Height / weight 177 cm / 74 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926 Carlton 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.

Les Witto (6 May 1903 – 23 August 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Footballer Dies.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 24 August 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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