Len Incigneri

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Len Incigneri
Personal information
Date of birth	(1884-01-03)3 January 1884
Date of death	23 August 1964(1964-08-23) (aged 80)
Place of death	Queensland
Original team	Mornington
Height/Weight	180 cm / 89 kg
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1902 1903 1903 1904 1905 1907 1907–1911 1913–1914	Hastings Somerville South Melbourne Hastings South Melbourne Tyabb Richmond Melbourne	1 (0) 1 (0) 63 (5) 28 (7)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1911	Victoria
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1911 1914	Richmond Melbourne
Umpiring career
Years	League	Role	Games
1915	VFL	Field umpire	4 VCFL

Leonard "Len" Incigneri (3 January 1884 – 22 August 1964) was an Australian rules football player, umpire and coach. He played for South Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association. For a short period he was appointed to the VFL list of umpires. His brother Matt Incigneri was also an Australian rules footballer.

Football career

Beginning his senior football career at Hastings in 1902 he moved with his brother to Somerville the following year where he played a single match before debuting a week later for the South Melbourne Football Club. He returned to Hastings in 1904 playing out the season. His second and final game for the Swans came in 1905.

Tyabb recruited Incigneri for the 1907 season^[1] but by May had received an offer from the Richmond then in the Victorian Football Association. ^[2] He joined them and was part of the side that joined the VFL from 1908 to 1911, playing 63 games in four seasons for the club. In 1911 he was captain-coach. He also achieved selection in the VFL interstate team which competed in the 1911 ANFC Carnival held in Adelaide. ^[3]

Prior to the start of the 1912 season he made an application to transfer to Melbourne but it was rejected by the Tigers and he returned to Hastings as captain for the year and led the team to the premiership. His service was recognised with the presentation of a gold watch at a dance in his honour that November. ^[4]

Mid-way through 1913 Incigneri's application to join Melbourne was granted and he joined them on a tour of Tasmania. Showing good form on the trip he made his debut for them on 19 July. He impressed the club enough to be appointed captain-coach in 1914 and as captain only in 1915.

Incigneri's VFL career ended ingloriously on 7 August 1915. Playing South Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Incigneri instigated a crowd invasion of the ground when he struck South ruckman George Payne rendering him unconscious. Play was halted for 15 minutes and Incigneri was reported by four umpires and the steward. ^[5]At the tribunal he pleaded guilty, under provocation, and was suspended for eight weeks, effectively ending his playing career.

Further coaching success came in 1928 when he guided Somerville to their first ever premiership.

Incigneri was named in the back pocket in the Italian Team of the Century. He was the first person of Italian ancestry to coach in the VFL.^[6]^[7]

Umpiring

Following the 1912 premiership with Hastings and prior to his clearance to Melbourne Incigneri was briefly appointed to the VFL list of field umpires. He officiated in four Victorian Country Football League matches: one in The Bacchus Marsh-Melton Football League and three in the Goulburn Valley Football League. He was not appointed to any senior VFL matches before leaving the list and joining Melbourne.^[8]

Horse racing

Incigneri became a horse racing steward first in Gippsland then from 1938 in Brisbane. He retired as a steward in 1953.

Death

Incigneri died on 23 August 1964 in Queensland. He was interred at the Nudgee cemetery.

References

↑ "Football". The Mornington Standard. 4 May 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ "Tyabb". The Mornington Standard. 25 may 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ "Notes". The Mornington Standard. 22 July 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ "Hastings". The Mornington Standard. 9 November 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ "Football riot". The Argus. 9 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ "The Final Team". Italian Team of the Century. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
↑ McClure, Geoff (1 June 2007). "Greek champ Kouta in Italy all-stars, too". The Age. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
↑ "Notes and comments". The Argus. 16 May 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Len Incigneri's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Richmond Football Club

1908: Pannam
1909: Condon
1909: Lawson
1910: Schmidt
1911: Incigneri
1912: Ohlsen
1913: James
1914–1916: Thomas
1917: Maybury
1918: Hall
1919: Thomas
1920–1925: Minogue
1926: M. Morris
1927–1928: Geddes
1929: Lilburne
1930: Geddes
1931: Hunter
1932–1940: Bentley
1941–1949: Dyer
1950–1951: B. Morris
1952–1957: Rowe
1958–1959: Wright
1960–1962: Branton
1963–1966: Crowe
1967: Swift
1968–1971: Dean
1972–1975: Hart
1976–1977: Bourke
1978: Sheedy
1979: Bartlett
1980: Monteath
1981: Wood
1982: Cloke
1983–1984: Rowlings
1985–1987: Lee
1988–1992: Weightman
1993: Hogg
1994–1996: Free
1997–2000: Knights
2001–2004: Campbell
2005–2008: Johnson
2009–2012: Newman
2013–: Cotchin

Captains of the Melbourne Football Club

1897–1898: Sutton
1899: Sholl
1900: Wardill
1901–1904: McClelland
1905: Langley
1906: Sowden
1907: Coutie
1908: Purse
1909: Nolan
1910–1911: Coutie
1912–1913: George
1914: Incigneri
1915: McKenzie
1919–1920: Heinz
1921–1923: Wilson
1924–1927: Chadwick
1928–1931: Warne-Smith
1932–1933: Vine
1934–1935: Niven
1936–1941: La Fontaine
1942–1944: Beames
1945–1947: Smith
1948–1949: Don Cordner
1950: McGrath
1951–1953: Denis Cordner
1954: Collins
1955–1956: McMahen
1957–1959: Beckwith
1960–1964: Barassi
1965–1969: Mann
1970: Johnson
1971–1972: Davis
1973–1976: Alves
1977–1978: Wells
1979–1980: Ditterich
1981–1987: Flower
1988–1990: Healy
1991–1997: Lyon
1998–1999: Viney
2000–2008: Neitz
2008: Bruce/McDonald
2009–2010: McDonald
2011: Green
2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove
2014–: Grimes/Jones

v t e Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Melbourne Football Club

1907–1909: Hall 1910: Drohan 1912–1913: Hall 1914: Incigneri 1915: McKenzie 1919: Heinz 1920: Brosnan 1921–1923: Wilson 1924: Rattray 1925–1927: Chadwick 1928–1932: Warne-Smith 1933–1941: Hughes 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1948: Hughes 1949–1951: La Fontaine 1952–1967: Smith 1964: Barassi 1965: Hughes 1968–1970: Beckwith 1971–1973: Ridley 1974–1977: Skilton 1978: Jones 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1985: Barassi 1986–1992: Northey 1993–1997: Balme 1997: Hutchison 1998–2007: Daniher 2007: Riley 2008–2011: Bailey 2011: Viney 2012–2013: Neeld 2013: Craig 2014–: Roos

Italics denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	Incigneri, Len
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	3 January 1884
Place of birth
Date of death	22 August 1964
Place of death	Queensland

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