Willis Reeve

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, British Burma
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 British 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]