Leon Beer (footballer)
Australian rules footballer
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Leonta Horace "Onty" Beer (11 February 1903 – 12 January 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Fullname
Leonta Horace Beer
Nickname
Onty
Born
11 February 1903
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville, Queensland
Died
12 January 1966 (aged 62)
Sunshine North, Victoria
Sunshine North, Victoria
| Leon Beer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leonta Horace Beer | ||
| Nickname | Onty | ||
| Born |
11 February 1903 Townsville, Queensland | ||
| Died |
12 January 1966 (aged 62) Sunshine North, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Yarraville (MJFA) | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1920 | Yarraville (MJFA) | ||
| 1921–1923 | South Melbourne (VFL) | 15 (2) | |
| 1924–1928 | Williamstown (VFA) | 74 (36) | |
| 1929 | Yarraville (VFA) | 12 (5) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of Arthur Wills Beer (1856–1925),[2] and Rose Edith Beer (1863–1929), née Newman, Leonta Horace Beer was born at Townsville, Queensland on 11 February 1903 — known as "Onty" (sometimes "Ontie"), he was named "Leonta" after the devastating 1903 Townsville cyclone, identified as such by the Queensland State Government meteorologist C.L. Wragge.[3][4]
He married Isabella Ivy Brown (1900–1949) in 1922.[5]
