Louis Edward Bols (29 July 1905 – 2 October 1957) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Footballer
Coach
In 1932 he was the coach of the Old Scotch Football Club team that won the VAFA's A Section premiership, defeating State Savings Bank 13.18 (96) to 10.8 (68) on 17 September 1932.
He was appointed coach of the State Savings Bank VAFA team in the following season (1933).
Death
He died at his residence in
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner seaside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, southeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Port Phillip Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. St Kilda recorded a ...
on 2 October 1957.
Deaths: Bols, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 3 October 1957), p.11.
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Notes
References
Players who are in the Public Eye: Lou Bols is a Ball of Energy, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 8 May 1930), p.8.
'Prefect's Fag', "Noted Men from Public Schools", ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 10 August 1935), p.7.
Amateurs: Brunswick, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 1 May 1947), p.9.
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External links
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Lou Bols
at ''the VFA Project''.
1905 births
1957 deaths
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Brunswick Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Prahran Football Club players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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