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Key Facts

Full name
Leonard Dockett

Known as
Len Dockett

Born
5 March 1920

Died
1 January 2008 (aged 87)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 26y 67d
Last game: 31y 124d

Height and weight
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Senior clubs
Melbourne

Jumper numbers
Melbourne: 32

Recruited from
Mordialloc (1946)

Len Dockett

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
MelbourneV/AFL1946-1951102470.4660%———21
Total1946-1951102470.4660%———21

AFL: 5,560th player to appear, 2,421st most games played, 2,171st most goals kickedMelbourne: 665th player to appear, 166th most games played, 160th most goals kicked

Already 26 by the time he commenced his league career with Melbourne, Len Dockett was an extremely effective attacking wingman, centreman and half forward flanker who combined great verve and enthusiasm with considerable skill. He joined Melbourne from Mordialloc, which at the time was in the Federal Football League, and played a total of 102 VFL games, kicking 47 goals, between 1946 and 1951. At the end of his first league season he played in the centre in the Redlegs' Grand Final loss to Essendon, while two years later he was a wingman in their premiership side. Dockett won Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1949, and was a member of the VFL's victorious Brisbane carnival team in 1950.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.