Vale #5,#7,#10,#19 Len Fitzgerald (1929-2007)

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Vale #5,#7,#10,#19 Len Fitzgerald (1929-2007)

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Fitzgerald started young at the age of 15 in league football playing for Collingwood. He finished at Sturt in 1962 at age 32 being described as ''the veritable Methuselah of football."

He played 96 VFL games for Collingwood from 1945 to 1950.
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He won 3 medals from memory? The SA Brownlow so to speak.
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Magpie Fitzgerald passes away at 77
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Len Fitzgerald, who played for Collingwood from 1945-1950, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 77.
RIP.
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All Collingwood players will be missed
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Pies to wear black arm bands this week.
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https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/pl ... itzgerald/

Len Fitzgerald, who played for Collingwood from 1945-1950, has passed away after a long battle with cancer.
https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/7 ... away-at-77
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