Len Wigraft
| Len Wigraft | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leonard Herman Wigraft | ||
| Born |
28 January 1897 North Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Died |
16 January 1982 (aged 84) Parkville, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Preston | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1917–1927 | Fitzroy | 135 (41) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1934 | Fitzroy | 16 (6–10–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leonard Herman Wigraft (a.k.a. "Wigraf") (28 January 1897 – 16 January 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
[edit]The son of Frederick Wigraf (a.k.a. "Wigraft") (1865-1920),[2] and Ellen Wigraf (a.k.a. "Wigraft") (1865-1947),[3][4] née Martin, Leonard Herman Wigraft (a.k.a. "Wigraf") was born at North Fitzroy on 28 January 1897.
Football
[edit]Wigraft usually played as a follower and won a VFL 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 was captain-coach of Echuca in 1928,[7][8] and 1929, which included their 1928 Bendigo Football League premiership.[9]
Wigraft then coached Richmond Reserves in 1930.[10][11]
He returned to Fitzroy in the 1930s as a club delegate and then took over as coach in May 1934, after captain-coach, Jack Cashman resigned and was cleared to Carlton.[12][13]
Hall of Fame
[edit]In recognition to his long service to the Fitzroy football club and his playing abilities, he was inducted to the Fitzroy Hall of Fame.
Death
[edit]He died at Parkville, Victoria on 16 January 1982.[14]
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ↑ Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.
- ↑ Deaths: Wigraf, The Argus, (Monday, 9 February 1920), p. 1.
- ↑ Deaths: Wigraft, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 March 1947), p. 7.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.3715/1947 ("Ellen Wigraf").
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.1939/1918 ("Leonard Wigraft").
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.21384/1989 ("Dorothy May Wigraft").
- ↑ Samuel Garnet Wells (1928), "Echuca's New Coach", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 18 February 1928), p. 80/
- ↑ "1928 - Wigraft to Coach Echuca". Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1894 - 1955). 17 February 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "1928 - Football Honors to Echuca". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002). 8 October 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "1930 - LEAGUE'S HEADQUARTERS". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 17 March 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Hogan (1996), p.324.
- ↑ "1934 - NO CAPTAIN YET AT FITZROY". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 17 May 1934. p. 28. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Rohan, J.M. (1936), "All wish Wigraft well at Fitzroy", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 26 May 1934), p. 7.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.2183/1982.
References
[edit]- Hogan, Paul (1996), The Tigers of Old: A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Melbourne: Richmond Football Club. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
External links
[edit]- Len Wigraft's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Len Wigraft's coaching statistics from AFL Tables