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

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:39 am
by fan4collingwood
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 01,00.html

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.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:21 pm
by Culprit
He won 3 medals from memory? The SA Brownlow so to speak.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:16 pm
by Johnson#26
Magpie Fitzgerald passes away at 77
5 hours, 30 minutes ago | Back
Nick Hulett for Collingwood Football Club
News
http://collingwoodfc.com.au/Season2007/ ... wsId=41365
Len Fitzgerald, who played for Collingwood from 1945-1950, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 77.
RIP.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:59 pm
by pies417
All Collingwood players will be missed

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:01 pm
by Culprit
Pies to wear black arm bands this week.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:19 am
by LaurieHolden
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