# Len Halley

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**Harold Leonard "Len" Halley** (born 7 March 1951) is a former [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played with [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL).

## Career

### Essendon

Recruited from Healesville in 1966, Halley began in the Essendon under-19s.[1] In 1968 he won the under-19s [best and fairest](/source/Best_and_fairest) award and was also a member of Essendon's reserves premiership team that year.[1] A ruckman, he started his VFL career two years later, with nine appearances in the second half of the [1970 season](/source/1970_VFL_season).[2][3] He was called up for national service in 1971 and only played five league games.[3][4] In 1972 he won Essendon's "best clubman" award in a season in which he played 17 games, including an elimination final.[1][3] He was mostly in the reserves in 1973 and won the team's best and fairest award.[1]

### Post VFL career

Halley played in Tasmania for [East Devonport](/source/East_Devonport_Football_Club) in 1974.[1] The following year he joined [West Perth](/source/West_Perth_Football_Club) and was a member of the team which defeated South Fremantle by a record 104-points to win the 1975 WANFL Grand Final.[1] He remained with West Perth in 1976, then spent the [1977 VFA season](/source/1977_VFA_season) with [Brunswick](/source/Brunswick_Football_Club).[1][5] In 1978 and 1979 he was back at West Perth.[1] In 1980 he began his coaching career with a two-year stint as captain-coach of [Tatura](/source/Tatura_Football_Club) in the [Goulburn Valley Football League](/source/Goulburn_Valley_Football_League).[1] After two seasons with Benalla, Halley returned to his original club Healesville in 1984.[1] He captain-coached [Diamond Valley Football League](/source/Northern_Football_League_(Australia)) club [Montmorency](/source/Montmorency_Football_Club) in 1985, then had a season with Warrandyte.[1]

## References

1. ["Past Player Profiles – H"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150706150436/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---h). essendonfc.com.au. Archived from [the original](http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---h) on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). *The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers*. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

1. ["AFL Tables – Len Halley – Games Played"](http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Len_Halley_gm.html). AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

1. Beames, Percy (7 July 1971). ["Max Richardson back this week"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19710707&id=MdpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5719,1226128&hl=en). *[The Age](/source/The_Age)*. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

1. Fiddian, Marc (30 May 1977). ["Dandy makes a final move"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19770530&id=7sdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5447,8696255&hl=en). *[The Age](/source/The_Age)*. p. 35. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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