Full Name: LEN MITCHELL
Date of Birth: 29/05/1935
Height: 185 cm ( 6-1 )
Weight: 96 kg ( 15-1 )
Guernsey: 21
Debut: 22/04/1957, Round 1, North Melbourne
Last Game: 25/05/1957, Round 6, Footscray
RICHMOND SENIORS
Seasons: 1957
Total Games: 6
Total Goals: 1
Honours:
RICHMOND RESERVES
Seasons: 1957
Total Games: 10
Total Goals: 18
Honours: Equal Leading Goalkicker 1957 Goals 18
BIOGRAPHY
Len spent most of his career at full-forward after starting as a ruck-rover.
He was originally recruited by Richmond from North Ballarat by Richmond champion Martin Bolger. Mitchell had played just 5 games for Ballart , and later spent one year at Richmond where he finished Equal Top Goalkicker for the Reserves. His career lasted 26 years and saw him play or coach at 13 different clubs. Len now lives in Clunes.
PRE RICHMOND
Clones U/18 1952-53 ( Honours - Captain 1952-53, Best & Fairest 1952-53 ) ; North Ballarat 1954-56, Games 53, Goals 80.
POST RICHMOND
Whitton Captain/Coach 1958, Games 16, Goals 54 ( Honours - Leading Goalkicker 1958 ) ; Epping Captain/Coach 1959, Games 17, Goals 72 ( Honours - Leading Goalkicker Goals 72 ) ; Pascoe Vale 1960, Games 11 ; Port Mcdonnell 1961-62, Games 35 ; Buninyong Captain/Coach 1963-64, Games 38 ( Honours - Leading Goalkicker 1963-64 ) ; Clunes 1965, Games 16, Goals 44 ; Learmonth 1966, Games 16, Goals 40 ; Talbot Senior Coach 1967-68 ; Lismore 1969-70, Games 38 ( Leading Goalkicker 1969-70 ) ; Mirboo North 1971, Games 8, Goals 38 ; Katanga 1973-78, Games 76 ( Honours - Senior Coach 1977-78 ).