Len Dockett
Len Dockett | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leonard Sydney Dockett | ||
Nickname(s) | Len, Lenny | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 1 January 2008 87) | (aged||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Mordialloc | ||
Height / weight | 175 cm / 73 kg | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, half forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1946โ1951 | Melbourne | 102 (47) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1950 | Victoria | 4 (?) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1950. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Leonard Sydney 'Len' Dockett (5 March 1920 โ 1 January 2008) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, and he also played cricket for the VCA Colts cricket team in the 1938-39 and 1939-40 season, making 22 runs while there, and for Richmond in the 1938-39 and 1955-56 season, with a total of 121 runs. [1] In December 2007, he was awarded a life membership to the Melbourne Football Club.
Dockett was a sergeant in the 14/32 battalion Australian Imperial Force during World War II and served in Papua New Guinea.[2] He died on 1 January 2008, in Melbourne, Victoria.[2]
References
- โ Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2011-12
- 1 2 "Len Dockett dies, 87". Melbourne Herald Sun. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
External links
- Len Dockett's statistics from AFL Tables
- Len Dockett's profile from AustralianFootball.com
- History of the Richmond Cricket Club at Cricket Victoria
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