Len Hustler

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Len Hustler

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Hustler during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name Len Hustler
Date of birth(1920-09-30)30 September 1920
Date of death 14 September 1981(1981-09-14) (aged 60)
Original team(s) Abbotsford
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1942–43, 1945 Collingwood 8 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Len Hustler (30 September 1920 – 14 September 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Collingwood Football Club Australian rules football club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 422. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
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