Len Wigraft

Len Wigraft
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Herman Wigraft
Date of birth	28 January 1897
Place of birth	North Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death	16 January 1982(1982-01-16) (aged 84)
Place of death	Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s)	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)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Career highlights
VFL premiership: 1922 3× Fitzroy Club Champion: 1920, 1924, 1925
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leonard Herman Wigraft (28 January 1897 – 16 January 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

Wigraft usually played as a follower and won a 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 also coached Echuca in 1928 to their first premiership. He returned to Fitzroy in the 1930s and remained at Fitzroy as a delegate.

In recognition to his long service to the Fitzroy football club and his playing abilities, he was inducted to the Fitzroy Hall of Fame.

See also

• 1927 Melbourne Carnival

External links

• Len Wigraft's playing statistics from AFL Tables