Len Halley

Len Halley
Personal information
Full name Harold Leonard Halley
Date of birth (1951-03-07) 7 March 1951
Original team(s) Healesville
Height / weight 191 cm / 92 kg
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1970–1973
1975–1979		 Essendon
West Perth		 35 (11)
58 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1973.
Career highlights

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Past Player Profiles – H". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  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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