Eric Leslie Zschech was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL) between 1930 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

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. He formed part of the legendary Tiger centreline of Geddes

Alan Geddes

Alan Geddes was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club...

, Zschech and Judkins

Stan Judkins

Stan Judkins was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1928 and 1936. He became the first Richmond player to win the game's most prestigious award, the Brownlow Medal.Judkins played his junior football as a rover for...

 who played in four Grand Finals

AFL Grand Final

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 in a row from 1931 to 1934.

Later crossing to Lefroy Football Club

Lefroy Football Club

Lefroy Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Tasmanian Football League . They were known as the Blues and played their home games at North Hobart Oval as well as the Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground. Lefroy players wore dark and light blue as their club...

 in the TANFL

Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

where he won the Wilson Bailey Medal for the league's best and fairest player in 1936, 1937 and 1939.