title: Les James
text: # Les James
  
  Leslie Joseph James (29 June 1890 – 22 October 1917), also known as "Jack James", was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.
  
  He was killed in action in World War I. He died on the Passchendaele salient in 1917.
  
  ## Family
  
  Fifth of the eighth children of Joseph James (1856-1902), and Martha James (1857-1930), née Smith, Leslie Joseph James was born at Geelong on 29 June 1890.
  
  He married Alice May Ward (1888-1963) in 1913. They had two children: Leslie Thomas James (1913-1979), and Iris May James (1915-1993).
  
  Two of his brothers, Frederick William "Fred" James (1884-1948) and Sydney Harold "Syd" James (1898-1969), also played with Geelong: Fred, played two games in 1908, and Syd played four games in 1919.
  
  ## Football
  
  He played 72 senior games with Geelong.
  
  ## Death
  
  He was killed in action on 22 October 1917.
  
  