Leonard Vincent Phillips (14 April 1890 – 13 August 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.704.
Family The son of Thomas Joseph Phillips (1861-1951),Deaths: Phillips, The Age, (Friday, 8 December 1950), p. 2. and Barbara Phillips (1870-1937), née Lindupp,Deaths: Phillips, The Age, (Monday, 7 June 1937), p. 1. Leonard Vincent Phillips was born at Healesville, Victoria on 14 April 1890.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.13769/1890.
He married Doris Maude Hynam (1895-1988) on 26 April 1921.Marriages: Phillips—Hynam, The Argus, (Saturday, 18 June 1921), p. 13.
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 (VFA) 1914, St Kilda Football Club (VFL) 1914, West Perth Football Club (WAFL) 1915–1917,As "Leon Phillips" ("Permits", The West Australian, (Thursday, 1 April 1915), p. 4). Essendon Football Club (VFL) 1918, Footscray Football Club (VFA) 1919, and Hawthorn Football Club (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 Surfers Paradise, Queenslandon 13 August 1968.Deaths: Phillips, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1968), p. 27.
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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
Len Phillips' playing statistics from The VFA Project Essendon past player profile