Vale Les Minotti

20 August 2025

The club is saddened to receive news of the passing on 18th August of 4 time Premiership Player Les Minotti.

Recruited to Chelsea in 1963, Les Minotti seemed to be, on first appearances, too lightly built to withstand the physical clashes that he was likely to endure in MPFL senior ranks. Well, history proved that the little rover from Dandenong at 5’7” and about 10 stone was every bit up to the task as he scarcely missed a match through injury during his six year stay at Chelsea. His recruitment was vindicated as early as the 1963 Grand Final, when he played an absolute blinder to kick five goals and help lead Chelsea to a premiership over Frankston by the narrowest of margins.

Les continued to show out in ‘big games’ in particular. Whilst he never won a best and fairest at Chelsea, he certainly proved his worth and durability in a career that also included M.P.F.L. selection over three years. Les  extended his game tally beyond one 100 first eighteen games which included the four premierships won by Chelsea in 1963, 1966, 1967 and 1968.  


R.I.P.

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