Lenny Hayes

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Lenny Hayes

Personal information
Birth	January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) (age 28),
Recruited from	Pennant Hills / NSW/ACT Rams (TAC Cup)
Height and weight	186cm / 85kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 5, April 24, 1999, St Kilda vs. Kangaroos, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Team(s)	St Kilda (1999-) 179 games, 64 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 11, 2008 season
Career highlights
Morrish Medal 1998 St. Kilda Football Club Best & Fairest - Trevor Barker Award 2003 All-Australian Team 2003, 2005 Pre-season Cup Winning sides 2004, 2008 International Rules 2003

Lenny Hayes (born 14 January 1980) is an Australian rules footballer.

Originally from Sydney in New South Wales, Hayes was recruited from the Pennant Hills Demons AFC by St Kilda in the 1998 AFL Draft. He is a highly-skilled, classy midfielder. Hayes was captain for the 2004 season, as part of St Kilda's policy of rotating the captaincy to a different player each season.

His honours include All-Australian selection in 2003, the same year he took out the Trevor Barker Award for the Saints' Best and Fairest player. He also won All-Australian selection in 2005, as one of the senior members of the Saints' midfield.

After a strong start to season 2006, Hayes ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament against the Kangaroos in round 9, requiring a minor knee reconstruction which will sideline him until the 2007 season. In just his 5th game back in the 2007 season, he suffered a broken collarbone, sidelining him for 3 weeks, although he managed to come back and play 19 games for the year.

Hayes is Co-Captain and part of the Saints' 2007 leadership group - dubbed the "Young Saints", which also includes Justin Koschitzke, Luke Ball (Co-Captain) and Nick Riewoldt (Co-Captain). Also included in the leadership group are Aaron Hamill, Fraser Gehrig, Nick Dal Santo and Robert Harvey.

[edit] External links

• Lenny Hayes profile on the Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club
• Lenny Hayes's statistics from AFL Tables

Preceded by Nick Riewoldt

St Kilda Best and Fairest winner 2003

Succeeded by Nick Riewoldt

v • d • e St Kilda Football Club – current squad 1 Gram • 2 King • 3 X. Clarke • 5 McEvoy • 6 L. Fisher • 7 Hayes • 8 Hudghton • 9 Gehrig • 10 Baker • 11 Montagna • 12 Riewoldt • 13 Schneider • 14 Ball • 15 M. Gardiner • 16 R. Clarke • 17 Fiora • 18 Goddard • 19 Gilbert • 20 Armitage • 21 Ferguson • 22 Birss • 23 Koschitzke • 24 Dempster • 25 S. Fisher • 26 Dal Santo • 27 Blake • 28 C. Gardiner • 29 Rix • 30 Howard • 31 Maguire • 32 McQualter • 33 Gwilt • 34 Steven • 35 Harvey • 36 Allen • 37 Connors • 38 Jones • 39 van Rheenen* • 40 Eddy* • 41 Wall* • 42 Geary* • 43 Attard • 44 Milne • 45 Haretuku • 46 Miles • Coach: Lyon * denotes Rookie Listed players