Les Griggs

Les Griggs
Personal information
Full name Les T. Griggs
Date of birth 6 May 1914
Date of death 28 May 1990(1990-05-28) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Yarragon
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Centre half forward/Centreman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933–35, 1939–44 Essendon 99 (52)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1941 Essendon 1 (1–0–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Les Griggs (6 May 1914 – 28 May 1990)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s.

Griggs, from Yarragon originally, was mostly a centreman and centre half forward over the course of his career at Essendon. A teacher, he missed a couple of seasons due to his work, costing him a place in the 100 club as he finished his career with 99 games. He had his best year in 1941 when he kicked 29 goals and played in Essendon's losing 1941 VFL Grand Final team. Griggs also acted as caretaker coach for one game that year.

Grigg won Essendon's 1944 Roy Laing Cup for their best player in the VFL finals series.[2]

Griggs was captain-coach of a number of rural clubs, which included premierships at - Kenmore (1936), Kerang, Bairnsdale and Mildura.[3]

Grigg coached Mildura from 1950 to 1956, which included premierships in 1951, 1952 and 1955, plus grand final losses in 1953 and 1954.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Past Player Profiles – G (Griggs, Les T)". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ "1944 - GRIGGS WINS TROPHY". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957. 4 October 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. ^ "1952 - Griggs nineteen years in football". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 1 October 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. ^ "1956 - Les Griggs to coach Mildura". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 7 December 1955. p. 10. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  • Les Griggs's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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