Len Halley | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Harold Leonard Halley | ||
Date of birth | 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 | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Harold Leonard "Len" Halley (born 7 March 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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]
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]