Leonard Vincent Phillips (14 April 1890 – 13 August 1968) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with St Kilda and

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL).

Family

The son of Thomas Joseph Phillips (1861-1951), and Barbara Phillips (1870-1937), née Lindupp, Leonard Vincent Phillips was born at

Healesville, Victoria Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 64 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Healesville recorded a population of 7,589 in the 2021 census. He ...

on 14 April 1890. He married Doris Maude Hynam (1895-1988) on 26 April 1921.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

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

Phillips, recruited from the Healesville Football Club in 1912, played for Melbourne City Football Club (VFA) 1912–1913,

Brighton Football Club The Brighton Football Club, nicknamed the Penguins, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, Victoria, Brighton. The club was a founding member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Metropolitan ...

(VFA) 1914,

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fro ...

(VFL) 1914,

West Perth Football Club The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia. West Perth competes in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW) and is the oldest exis ...

(WAFL) 1915–1917,

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ...

(VFL) 1918,

Footscray Football Club The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Originally named the Footscray F ...

(VFA) 1919, and

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(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

He died at

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on 13 August 1968.

Notes

References

* * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
Men of Action at Albury: Meet Len Phillips, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 7 February 1940), p. 10.

External links

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Len Phillips' playing statistics
from The VFA Project
Essendon past player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Len 1890 births 1968 deaths People from Yarra Ranges Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne City Football Club (VFA) players St Kilda Football Club players Brighton Football Club players West Perth Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Footscray Football Club (VFA) players Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) players