Len Webster

Australian rules footballer (born 1906)

Australian rules footballer
Len Webster
Personal information
Full name Len M. Webster
Date of birth 26 December 1906
Date of death 7 October 1985(1985-10-07) (aged 78)
Original team(s) Blackwood Forest / Loch
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–1938 Essendon 145 (100)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Len Webster (26 December 1906 – 7 October 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Webster, a fireman by profession, was a ruckman for Blackwood Forest and Loch before joining Essendon.[1]

He had an early setback in 1930 when he required surgery to remove cartilage in his knee but recovered well enough to play 15 of a possible 18 games in 1931.[2]

Essendon appointed him vice-captain in 1935 and the following season he represented Victoria for a second time, having previously played for his state in 1929.[1] He was captain of Essendon for the entire 1938 VFL season.[3]

Despite making 145 appearances for Essendon, Webster never played in a single final.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Essendon Football Club official website: Len Webster". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "AFL Tables: Len Webster". afltables.com.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
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Captains of the Essendon Football Club
VFL/AFL
  • 1897–1900: Stuckey
  • 1901–1902: Collins
  • 1903–1904: Anderson
  • 1904: Gavin
  • 1905: Robinson
  • 1906: J. McKenzie
  • 1907–1909: Griffith
  • 1910: Belcher
  • 1911: Smith
  • 1912–1915: Belcher
  • 1918: Baring
  • 1919: Belcher
  • 1920–1921: Ogden
  • 1922–1924: Barker
  • 1925–1928: Maher
  • 1929–1930: Beckton
  • 1931–1933: Campbell
  • 1934–1935: Forbes
  • 1936–1937: Baggott
  • 1937: Forbes
  • 1938: Webster
  • 1939–1950: Reynolds
  • 1951–1957: Hutchison
  • 1958–1964: Clarke
  • 1965–1968: Fraser
  • 1969: D. McKenzie
  • 1970–1971: Davis
  • 1972–1975: Tuddenham
  • 1976: Moss
  • 1977–1979: Fletcher
  • 1980–1981: Madden
  • 1982: N. Daniher
  • 1983–1988: T. Daniher
  • 1989–1991: T. Watson
  • 1992–1995: Thompson
  • 1996–1997: O'Donnell
  • 1998–2005: Hird
  • 1999: Long
  • 2006-2009: Lloyd
  • 2010–2015: J. Watson
  • 2016: Goddard
  • 2017–2022: Heppell
  • 2023–: Merrett
AFL Women's


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