Len Phillips (footballer, born 1890)

Leonard Vincent Phillips (14 April 1890 – 13 August 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Len Phillips
Personal information
Full name Leonard Vincent Phillips
Date of birth (1890-04-14)14 April 1890
Place of birth Healesville, Victoria
Date of death 13 August 1968(1968-08-13) (aged 78)
Place of death Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Original team(s) Healesville Football Club
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912–13 Melbourne City (VFA) 30 (12)
1914 St Kilda 05 0(6)
1914 Brighton (VFA) 05 0(4)
1915–17 West Perth (WAFL)
1918 Essendon 04 0(0)
1919 Footscray (VFA) 12 0(7)
1922 Hawthorn (VFA) 01 0(0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of Thomas Joseph Phillips (1861-1951),[2] and Barbara Phillips (1870-1937), née Lindupp,[3] Leonard Vincent Phillips was born at Healesville, Victoria on 14 April 1890.[4]

He married Doris Maude Hynam (1895-1988) on 26 April 1921.[5]

Football

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Essendon (VFL)

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On 10 August 1918, Phillips, a fast, skilful rover, and a printer by trade, played the last of his nine senior VFL matches for Essendon, having played his first VFL match for St Kilda in 1914.

Seven Clubs

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Phillips, recruited from the Healesville Football Club in 1912, played for Melbourne City Football Club (VFA) 1912–1913, Brighton Football Club (VFA) 1914, St Kilda Football Club (VFL) 1914, West Perth Football Club (WAFL) 1915–1917,[6] Essendon Football Club (VFL) 1918, Footscray Football Club (VFA) 1919, and Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) 1922; consequently, he has the unusual distinction of playing senior football with seven clubs, six of them in Melbourne, over eleven consecutive seasons (1912–1922).

Death

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He died at Surfers Paradise, Queenslandon 13 August 1968.[7][8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.704.
  2. ^ Deaths: Phillips, The Age, (Friday, 8 December 1950), p. 2.
  3. ^ Deaths: Phillips, The Age, (Monday, 7 June 1937), p. 1.
  4. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.13769/1890.
  5. ^ Marriages: Phillips—Hynam, The Argus, (Saturday, 18 June 1921), p. 13.
  6. ^ As "Leon Phillips" ("Permits", The West Australian, (Thursday, 1 April 1915), p. 4).
  7. ^ Deaths: Phillips, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1968), p. 27.
  8. ^ "Probate: Leonard Philips". NSW State Archives & Records.

References

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