Leonard Victor Worle (26 May 1889 – 10 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.972.Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Saturday, 16 October 1948), p.9.
Family One of five children, the son of Thomas Worle (1845-1915),Deaths: Worle, The Argus, (Wednesday, 28 July 1915), p.1. and Eliza Worle (1857-1912), née Dennis,Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Wednesday, 31 January 1912), p/1. 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.Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Saturday, 16 October 1948), p.9.
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References
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. 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.
External links
Leon Worle, at The VFA Project.