Len Cottrell

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Len Cottrell
Personal information
Full name Len Cottrell
Date of birth (1936-01-27) 27 January 1936 (age 85)
Original team(s) Bethanga, Myrtleford
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 82.5 kg (182 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1958–59 Carlton 12 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Len Cottrell (born 27 January 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Cottrell played with Bethanga in the Tallangatta & District Football League from 1953 to 1955, [2] then played football with Tawonga Football Club in 1956, then with Myrtleford in 1957. [3]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 173. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. Danny Steel. "Bethanga FC History". Wodonga Saints FNC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. Tony Debolfo (14 February 2019). "Pop's pride for new blue Cottrell". Carlton FC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.


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