Len Fitzgerald | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 7 May 1929 | ||
Date of death | 17 April 2007 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Adelaide | ||
Original team(s) | Collingwood Technical School | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1945–1950 | Collingwood | 96 (49) | |
1951–1955, 1959–1962 | Sturt | 125 (201) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 2 | ||
South Australia | 20 | ||
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1951–1955 | Sturt | ||
1963–1966 | Glenelg | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1966. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Len Fitzgerald (7 May 1929 – 17 April 2007) was an Australian rules footballer of exceptional talent in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). At various time he played in the key positions of centre half-forward, centre half-back and ruck-rover.