Len Wigraft

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Len Wigraft
Personal information
Full name Leonard Herman Wigraft
Date of birth 28 January 1897
Place of birth North Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 16 January 1982(1982-01-16) (aged 84)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Preston
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1917–1927 Fitzroy 135 (41)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1934 Fitzroy 16 (6–10–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Career highlights
  • VFL premiership: 1922
  • 3× Fitzroy Club Champion: 1920, 1924, 1925
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leonard Herman Wigraft (28 January 1897 – 16 January 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

Wigraft usually played as a follower and won a premiership with Fitzroy in 1922. He was also a three-time Best and Fairest winner with Fitzroy – in 1920, 1924 and 1925.

He captained Fitzroy in his last season of football in 1927 and was briefly their caretaker coach in 1934.

Len also coached Echuca in 1928 to their first premiership. He returned to Fitzroy in the 1930s and remained at Fitzroy as a delegate.

In recognition to his long service to the Fitzroy football club and his playing abilities, he was inducted to the Fitzroy Hall of Fame.

See also

  • 1927 Melbourne Carnival

Footnotes

  1. ^ Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.

External links

  • Len Wigraft's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Fitzroy Football Club 1922 VFL premiers
Fitzroy 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Belcher
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Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club
Italics denote caretaker coach
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Mitchell Medal · Fitzroy Football Club best and fairest winners
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Victorian squad1924 Interstate Carnival
Victoria 13.16 (94) defeated Tasmania 7.13 (55), at North Hobart Oval, 7 August 1924, crowd: 8,000

Victoria 15.13 (103) defeated Western Australia 14.11 (95), at North Hobart Oval, 9 August 1924, crowd: 15,687
Victoria 14.26 (110) defeated New South Wales 4.6 (30), at North Hobart Oval, 12 August 1924, crowd: 350

Victoria 17.16 (118) defeated South Australia 9.11 (65), at North Hobart Oval, 15 August 1924, crowd: 12,876


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