Len Wigraft

Australian rules footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustralian rules footballer
PlacesAustralia
wasFootball Coach Sports coach Athlete Football player Australian-rules footballer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth28 January 1897, Fitzroy North, Australia
Death16 January 1982Parkville, Australia (aged 85 years)
Star signAquarius
Awards
Mitchell Medal1920
Mitchell Medal1924
Mitchell Medal1925
Sports Teams
Fitzroy Football Club
Northern Blues
The details

Biography

Leonard Herman "Len" Wigraft (28 January 1897 – 16 January 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

Wigraft usually played as a follower and won a premiership with Fitzroy in 1922. He was also a three-time Best and Fairest winner with Fitzroy – in 1920, 1924 and 1925.

He captained Fitzroy in his last season of football in 1927 and was briefly their caretaker coach in 1934.

Len also coached Echuca in 1928 to their first premiership. He returned to Fitzroy in the 1930s and remained at Fitzroy as a delegate.

In recognition to his long service to the Fitzroy football club and his playing abilities, he was inducted to the Fitzroy Hall of Fame.

Footnotes

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