Background
Le Deux grew up in Nagambie and attended Assumption College, after which he went to Bendigo to study teaching.
Le Deux grew up in Nagambie and attended Assumption College, after which he went to Bendigo to study teaching.
He is the grandfather of Tom Hawkins. While a student at Bendigo Teacher"s Training College, Le Deux played for the Sandhurst Football Club. He then moved to Ocean Grove to take up a teaching position and in 1956 joined Geelong.
In 1960 he joined Victorian Football Association club Mordialloc, as he had transferred to a local technical school.
Le Deux"s daughter Jennifer was married to former Geelong player Jack Hawkins. Jennifer died in 2015.
Their son, Tom Hawkins, currently plays for Geelong.
