Career
From Horsham originally, Sleep played his football mostly as a rover and centreman. He played five times for Fitzroy in 1962, his first season, followed by six in both 1963 and 1964. Four of his five career goals came in a match against North Melbourne at Brunswick Street in his final year.
While playing for Northcote in the Victorian Football Association, Sleep represented the league in the 1966 Hobart Carnival.