Len Webster

Len Webster
Personal information
Full name	Len M. Webster
Date of birth	26 December 1906
Date of death	7 October 1985 (aged 78)
Original team(s)	Blackwood Forest / Loch
Height/Weight	180 cm / 100 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1927–1938	Essendon	145 (100)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1938 season.

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. Essendon Football Club official website: Len Webster
2. AFL Tables: Len Webster
3. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.