Len Dockett

Leonard Sydney Dockett (5 March 1920 – 1 January 2008) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, and he also played cricket for the VCA Colts cricket team in the 1938–39 and 1939–40 season, making 22 runs while there, and for Richmond in the 1938–39 and 1955–56 season, with a total of 121 runs. ^[1] In December 2007, he was awarded a life membership to the Melbourne Football Club.

Len Dockett
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Sydney Dockett
Nickname(s)	Len, Lenny
Date of birth	5 March 1920
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	1 January 2008(2008-01-01) (aged 87)
Place of death	Melbourne
Original team(s)	Mordialloc
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder, half forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1951	Melbourne	102 (47)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1950	Victoria	4 (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1950.
Career highlights
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal, 1949 Melbourne premiership player, 1948
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dockett was a sergeant in the 14/32 battalion Australian Imperial Force during World War II and served in Papua New Guinea.^[2] He died on 1 January 2008, in Melbourne.^[2]

References

1. Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2011-12
2. "Len Dockett dies, 87". Melbourne Herald Sun. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.

External links

• Len Dockett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Len Dockett at AustralianFootball.com
• History of the Richmond Cricket Club at Cricket Victoria