Les Heidke

Heidke in 1932
Personal information
Nickname	Monty
Playing information
Position	Forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Wide Bay Tivoli West End Rialto Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1928–41 Queensland 43 1932–46 Ipswich 53 20 0 0 60 1932–38 Australia 9 0 0 0 0

Les Heidke was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative forward, he played club football in Queensland with Ipswich's Tivoli, West End and Rialto clubs, as well as for Wide Bay. Heidke retired with the most games for Queensland against New South Wales in history.

Les Heidke's father was 1908 Kangaroo William Heidke and his uncle was Harold Heidke, who also played for Australia.

In 1928 Heidke first represented Queensland in the annual three-match series against New South Wales. In 1932 Heidke became Kangaroo No. 172 when he first played for Australia against Great Britain in the 1932 Ashes series. Heidke was ruled out of the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour with a poisoned leg, caused by a bite from a red-back spider.

Between 1932 and 1946, Heidke represented Ipswich in the Bulimba Cup a record 53 times, scoring 20 tries.

Heidke's 11-year-old son died on 7 July 1946.

In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Heidke was named on the bench of the Bundaberg Rugby League's team of the century.