Len Mortimer

Edward Lennox Mortimer (24 April 1886 – 2 November 1962)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL.^[2]

Len Mortimer
Cigarette card of Mortimer in 1905
Personal information
Full name	Edward Lennox Mortimer
Date of birth	(1886-04-24)24 April 1886
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	2 November 1962(1962-11-02) (aged 76)
Place of death	Footscray, Victoria
Original team(s)	Williamstown (VFA)
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1904–1905	Williamstown (VFA)	031 0(67)
1906–1915	South Melbourne	153 (289)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Career highlights
1909 South Melbourne premiership
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was recruited from Williamstown, where he played 31 games and kicked 67 goals in 1904 and 1905. A full forward, he was the leading goalkicker in the 1905 Victorian Football Association, with a total of 48, and became the first Williamstown player to ever head the Association goalkicking list. In his first seven seasons in the VFL he topped South Melbourne's goalkicking charts and was a member of the club's inaugural premiership side in 1909.

In 1916, he was appointed as coach of Yarraville, which competed in the Victorian Junior Football Association at the time.^[3]