Wal Burleigh
1886–1948 (age 62)
Biography
Wal Burleigh was a notable Australian rules football player whose career spanned the early decades of the twentieth century. He was part of a generation of athletes who helped establish the sport's prominence in Australian sporting culture.
Burleigh's contributions to Australian rules football left a lasting impression on the sport and those who followed in his footsteps. He was interred at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, where his memory is preserved.