fullname years clubs position statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
les bamblett 1983 1984-1988 '' ` total '' ' melbourne footscray forward 1988 les bamblett lemnos 5 august 1963 les bamblett
 178 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 85 & nbsp
les bamblett

les bamblett -lrb- born 5 august 1963 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with melbourne and footscray in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
an indigenous australian , bamblett played as a forward and who won the 1982 morrish medal , as the best and fairest player in the vfl under 19 's competition .
the following year he made his senior debut , against collingwood in the opening round of the 1983 vfl season , kicking two goals .
he made a further 10 appearances that year .
bamblett trained at richmond in the 1984 pre-season but they could n't come to an agreement with melbourne on a transfer fee .
he instead joined west australian football league club claremont for the 1984 season .
clearance issues meant he was unable to play a senior game and upon receiving an offer from footscray , returned to victoria during the season .
he kicked 51 goals for footscray in 1984 , to finished second in his club 's the goal-kicking behind simon beasley .
his 24 games that season included three finals .
over the next three years he struggled with injuries and was only able to add a further six games to his tally .
two of his nephews , chris egan and andrew lovett , both played in the australian football league .
