Len Mortimer

Edward Lennox Mortimer (24 April 1886 – 2 November 1962)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL.[2]

Len Mortimer
Cigarette card of Mortimer in 1905
Personal information
Full name Edward Lennox Mortimer
Date of birth (1886-04-24)24 April 1886
Place of birth Footscray, Victoria
Date of death 2 November 1962(1962-11-02) (aged 76)
Place of death Footscray, Victoria
Original team(s) Williamstown (VFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904–1905 Williamstown (VFA) 031 0(67)
1906–1915 South Melbourne 153 (289)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Career highlights

1909 South Melbourne premiership

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was recruited from Williamstown, where he played 31 games and kicked 67 goals in 1904 and 1905. A full forward, he was the leading goalkicker in the 1905 Victorian Football Association with a total of 48, and became the first Williamstown player to ever head the Association goal scoring list. In his first seven seasons in the VFL he topped South Melbourne's goalkicking charts and was a member of the club's inaugural premiership side in 1909.

In 1916 he was appointed as coach of Yarraville, then in the Victorian Junior Football Association.[3]

References
  1. http://australianfootball.com/players/player/len%2Bmortimer/2182
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 633. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "PERMITS GRANTED". Winner (98). Victoria, Australia. 7 June 1916. p. 6.
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