Researching Les Brennan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3128 people with the Brennan surname? In that year Brennan was ranked number 1307 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Les means "Form of LESTER. From Leicester" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Les Brennan on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Les Brennan and the Brennan Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 15516 people with the Brennan surname in the UK? Brennan is now ranked number 359 for popularity in the UK. |
Brennan Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Les Brennan
Les Brennan
Leslie Brennan (born 1931) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.
He holds the record for the highest strike rate (tries per game) in Australian first grade rugby league history (minimum 20 games), scoring 32 tries in 24 games (1.33 per game). Brennan also holds the record for the fourth most number of tries scored in a season, scoring 29 tries in 19 matches in the 1954 season. This is still today the record for a debut season. Brennan however was not the highest try scorer for the 1954 season, finishing second to Ray Preston of Newtown who scored 34. The only player to have scored more than 34 tries in a season was Dave Brown, who scored 38 tries in 1935, playing just 15 games for Easts. He is also one of only seven players in Australian first grade history who have scored more tries than have played games (minimum 20 games): Les Brennan (32 tries in 24 games), Don Manson (24 tries in 21 games), Harold Horder (152 tries in 136 games), Charlie Hazelton (27 tries in 26 games), Johnny Graves (79 tries in 77 games), Reg Gasnier (127 tries in 125 games), and Fred Tottey (77 tries in 76 games).
Brennan only played a further five matches in his career, scoring three tries before his retirement. A breakout of boils limited his play in the 1955 season, however it was the crushed vertebrae which he suffered in the 1954 grand final that forced him into retirement. After the five games in 1955, Brennan decided to hang up the boots as playing with his injury was unsustainable.
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