Noel Leary

Noel Leary
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Full name	Noel Dennis Leary
Date of birth	3 September 1949 (1949-09-03) (age 62)
Original team	Ulverstone
Height/Weight	183 cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1970–73	Melbourne	19 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1973 season .

Noel Leary (born 3 September 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1970s.

Leary, originally from Ulverstone, failed to make much of an impact at Melbourne, despite winning the reserves' best and fairest award in 1973. He did however became a prominent player in the Tasmanian Football League, firstly at Sandy Bay and then at Clarence. He captain-coached Clarence to premierships in 1979 and 1981.

He was one of the inaugural inductees into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame when it was launched in 2005.

References

• Noel Leary's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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Name	Leary, Noel
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Date of birth	3 September 1949
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