Les Johns

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Les Johns
Personal information
Full nameLeslie Howard Johns
Born (1942-07-22) 22 July 1942 (age 81)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
South Newcastle
1963–71 Canterbury-Bankstown 103 14 233 19 545
Total 103 14 233 19 545
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–69 New South Wales 16 3 74 3 163
1963–69
Australia
 14 2 30 0 66
Source: [1][2]

Leslie Howard Johns (born 1942 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Club career

Les Johns, of Welsh descent, started his career at Newcastle's Souths club.

He then played nine seasons for the

Canterbury-Bankstown club between 1963 and 1971. He scored 14 tries and 233 goals and 19 field goals for Canterbury-Bankstown
during his career.

He has been named among the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.[3] He was a fullback of considerable flair and on his day could be one of the most brilliant attacking and defensive players in the game.

He was forced to retire from rugby league in 1971 due to chronic knee injuries.

Representative career

Johns played sixteen games for the

Kangaroos
.

He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.382.[4]

Accolades

In February 2008, Johns was named in the list of Australia's

ARL
to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[5]

He was made a life member of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2011.[6]

In 2010 Johns was also named in a South Newcastle team of the century.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ^ RLP
  2. ^ Yesterday's Hero
  3. ^ Century's Top 100 Players Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ ARL Annual Report, 2005
  5. ARL. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original
    on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Johns and Langmack Receive Life Membership at Bulldogs AGM". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  7. The Newcastle Herald
    . Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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