Len Dockett

Len Dockett
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Sydney Dockett
Nickname(s)	Len, Lenny
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(s)	Mordialloc
Height/Weight	175 cm / 73 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder, half forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1951	Melbourne	102 (47)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1950	Victoria	4 (?)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951 season. ^2 State and international statistics correct as of 1950.
Career highlights
Melbourne best and fairest, 1949 Melbourne premiership player, 1948

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

1. Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2011-12
2. "Len Dockett dies, 87". Melbourne Herald Sun. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.

External links

• Len Dockett's statistics from AFL Tables
• Len Dockett's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• History of the Richmond Cricket Club at Cricket Victoria