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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Les Mogg
| image =
| fullname = Leslie Thomas Mogg
| birth_date = 27 August 1929
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|2|1929|8|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Cobram]]
| originalteam = [[St Patrick's College, Ballarat|St Pat's Ballarat]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref>
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1954
| years1 = 1947-48
| club1 = Commonwealth Bank
| years2 = 1949–1954
| club2 = [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]
| games_goals2 = 75 (41)
| careerhighlights =
}}
'''Leslie Thomas "Les" Mogg''' (27 August 1929 – 2 May 2012)<ref>''Shepparton News'',[http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/shepparton/murray-football-great-remembered-1.17586 "Murray football great remembered"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812115615/http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/shepparton/murray-football-great-remembered-1.17586 |date=12 August 2012 }}, 7 May 2012</ref> was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).
Mogg came to North Melbourne from Ballarat and was a regular member of the team from the second half of the 1950 season. He was a wingman for North Melbourne in the [[1950 VFL Grand Final]].<ref name=FullPointsFooty>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/m.htm#Les%20Mogg%20%28North%20Melbourne%29 |title=Full Points Footy: Les Mogg (North Melbourne) |access-date=18 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210082743/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/m.htm#Les%20Mogg%20%28North%20Melbourne%29 |archive-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Also used as a half forward flanker during his career, Mogg kicked 16 goals in 1952.<ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Les_Mogg.html AFL Tables: Les Mogg]</ref> Injuries restricted him to just five games in 1953 but he played all but two of North Melbourne's matches the following year.<ref name=AFLTables/>
He left the club after the 1954 season to take up the position of captain-coach for [[Cobram Football Club]] in the [[Murray Football League]] (MFL).
In 1955, his first season, he led Cobram to a grand final win and captain-coached them to three further premierships, all in succession, from 1959 to 1961.
As a player, he had a particularly strong season in 1961, winning the O'Dwyer Medal as the league's "Best and Fairest".<ref>''[[The Age]]'',[https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=6KFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2922,3247847 "Mogg Best in Murray League"], 23 August 1961, p. 1</ref> He topped the MFL goal-kicking that year as well, with 85 goals. It was the second time he had won the goal-kicking award, which is now named after him, having also kicked a league record 132 goals in 1960, 148 after finals.
He also had the distinction of being the captain-coach of the MFL combined team which upset VFL club [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] by 14 points in a 1960 practice match. It is believed to have been the first time since 1914 that a country side had beaten a VFL team.<ref>''The Age'',[http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/remembering-the-day-murray-league-played-better-than-saints-20100622-yvqo.html "Remembering the day Murray league played better than Saints"], 23 June 2010, Paul Daffey</ref>
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:North Melbourne Football Club players]]
[[Category:Cobram Football Club players]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]