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Len Halley
Len Halley
Personal information
Full name	Harold Leonard Halley
Born	7 March 1951 (age 75)
Original team	Healesville
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Position	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
1970–1973	Essendon
1975–1979	West Perth
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1973.
Career highlights
	1975 West Perth premiership player;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Leonard "Len" Halley (born 7 March 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Essendon

Recruited from Healesville in 1966, Halley began in the Essendon under-19s.^[1] In 1968 he won the under-19s best and fairest award and was also a member of Essendon's reserves premiership team that year.^[1] A ruckman, he started his VFL career two years later, with nine appearances in the second half of the 1970 season.^[2]^[3] He was called up for national service in 1971 and only played five league games.^[3]^[4] In 1972 he won Essendon's "best clubman" award in a season in which he played 17 games, including an elimination final.^[1]^[3] He was mostly in the reserves in 1973 and won the team's best and fairest award.^[1]

Post VFL career

Halley played in Tasmania for East Devonport in 1974.^[1] The following year he joined West Perth and was a member of the team which defeated South Fremantle by a record 104-points to win the 1975 WANFL Grand Final.^[1] He remained with West Perth in 1976, then spent the 1977 VFA season with Brunswick.^[1]^[5] In 1978 and 1979 he was back at West Perth.^[1] In 1980 he began his coaching career with a two-year stint as captain-coach of Tatura in the Goulburn Valley Football League.^[1] After two seasons with Benalla, Halley returned to his original club Healesville in 1984.^[1] He captain-coached Diamond Valley Football League club Montmorency in 1985, then had a season with Warrandyte.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Past Player Profiles – H". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
1 2 3 "AFL Tables – Len Halley – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Beames, Percy (7 July 1971). "Max Richardson back this week". The Age. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Fiddian, Marc (30 May 1977). "Dandy makes a final move". The Age. p. 35. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

External links

Len Halley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Len Halley at AustralianFootball.com
Len Halley's WAFL playing statistics at WAFLFootyFacts.net

[Essendon-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Past Player Profiles – H". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[2] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

[AFLTables-3] 1 2 3 "AFL Tables – Len Halley – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[4] Beames, Percy (7 July 1971). "Max Richardson back this week". The Age. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[5] Fiddian, Marc (30 May 1977). "Dandy makes a final move". The Age. p. 35. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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