Les D. Bartlett was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 player. He played with Footscray, now known as the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

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, mostly as a half-back flanker. He was recruited from Katandra

Katandra Football Club

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, Victoria, in the Picola & District Football League

Picola & District Football League

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. His playing measurements were 188 cm and 88 kg, which for the time would have been considered tall for a flanker.

Bartlett only managed 60 senior games in eight seasons, indicating that he was never consistently part of Footscray's best 20 players.