Willis Leonard Burton Reeve (29 April 1905 – 6 September 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Willis Reeve
Personal information
Full name Willis Leonard Burton Reeve
Date of birth (1905-04-29)29 April 1905
Place of birth Mandalay, Myanmar
Date of death 6 September 2001(2001-09-06) (aged 96)
Place of death Carrum, Victoria
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Fullback
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–32 Fitzroy 86 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

The eldest son of British Army Sergeant Leonard Reeve (1866–1955) and Grace Marie Reeve, née Weston (1881–1948), Willis Reeve was born in what was then Burma on 29 April 1905. The Reeve family migrated to Australia in 1911.

Reeve later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 735. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: Willis Leonard Burton Reeve". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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