Leslie Francis Hardiman was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Subiaco Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League.
10 Facts About Les Hardiman
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Les Hardiman was the third of seven children born to John Francis Les Hardiman and Julia nee Leary.
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Les Hardiman represented Victoria 5 times in interstate football and was named on Geelong's interchange bench in their official 'Team of the Century'.
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Les Hardiman had a starring role in the 1937 VFL Grand Final win over Collingwood, a game regarded by many at the time as the greatest Grand final ever played.
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Les Hardiman would restrict Todd to only one more goal for the rest of the game and be rated among Geelong's best players that day.
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However, just one month later it was revealed that Les Hardiman would be joining fellow Victorian footballers Haydn Bunton Sr.
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Les Hardiman told The West Australian that he had been advised by a Geelong official that there was every possibility of his securing a clearance if the club were satisfied that he had firmly established himself in Western Australia and had bettered his position in life.
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Les Hardiman added that he intended to be married before he left Melbourne.
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Les Hardiman added a further 69 league games over the next four seasons.
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In 1996 Les Hardiman was named on the interchange in the Geelong Football Club team the century.