Len Halley

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

Len Halley
Personal information
Full name Harold Leonard Halley
Date of birth (1951-03-07) 7 March 1951
Original team(s) Healesville
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1970–1973 Essendon 35 (11)
1975–1979 West Perth 58 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1973.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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. "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.
  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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