Rod Lester-Smith

Infobox afl player | firstname = Rod
lastname = Lester-Smith




birthdate = 18 July 1959
birthplace =
originalteam = East Fremantle
heightweight = 188 cm / 89 kg
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debutdate = 1984
debutteam = Hawthorn
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playingteams = Hawthorn (1984-87)
* 70 games, 23 goals
Brisbane Bears (1988-91)
* 39 games, 15 goalsTotal - 109 Games, 38 Goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = 1991
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Rod Lester-Smith (born 18 July 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL.

Lester-Smith played his early football for East Fremantle where he was used mostly on the wing and was a member of their 1979 premiership team. He was injury prone during his six years at East Fremantle, particularly with his knee and after 89 games was recruited to Hawthorn.

At Hawthorn he spent most of his time at half back and was unlucky not to play in a premiership. He played in the club's losing Grand Finals of 1984 and 1985 while when Hawthorn won the flag in 1986 he was a last minute omission from the team.

A Western Australian interstate representative, he was selected as an All-Australian in 1985. In the same year he was Hawthorn's top vote getter at the Brownlow Medal count. He crossed to the Brisbane Bears in 1988 where he celebrated his 100th VFL/AFL game with a 66 point win over Geelong at Carrara.

He finished his career back at East Fremantle where he played a farewell game in 1993 and went on to coach the club for the 2003 WAFL season.

References

*AflRleague|ref=R/Rod_Lester-Smith.html
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/l.htm#Rod%20Lester-Smith%20(East%20Fremantle,%20Hawthorn,%20Brisbane) Full Points Footy profile]
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers". 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.