Len Dockett
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| Len Dockett | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leonard Sydney Dockett | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 1 January 2008 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Mordialloc | ||
| Height/Weight | 175 cm / 73 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, half forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946–1951 | Melbourne | 102 (47) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1950 | Victoria | 4 (?) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1951 season. 2 State and International statistics correct as of 1950. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Leonard Sydney 'Len' Dockett (5 March 1920 – 1 January 2008) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, and he also played cricket for the VCA Colts cricket team in the 1938-39 and 1939-40 season, making 22 runs while there, and for Richmond in the 1938-39 and 1955-56 season, with a total of 121 runs. [1] In December 2007, he was awarded a life membership to the Melbourne Football Club.
Dockett was a sergeant in the 14/32 battalion Australian Imperial Force during World War II and served in Papua New Guinea.[2] He died on 1 January 2008, in Melbourne, Victoria.[2]
References
- ↑ Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2011-12
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Len Dockett dies, 87". Melbourne Herald Sun. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
External links
- AFL Tables
- History of the Richmond Cricket Club at Cricket Victoria
- Profile on fullpointsfooty.net
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