Les Hughes

Leslie Horace Hughes was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.
Lesley Horace Hughes is said to be Melbourne's first AFL/VFL football celebrity publican. In 1927 Les was the owner and Licensee of the Royal Derby Hotel, 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. Flapper rebranded the hotel as the 'Les Hughes Royal Derby Hotel' whilst he was the publican.
Following his time at the Royal Derby, Flapper was later the Publican at the Aberdeen Hotel and the Gasometer Hotel.