Len Toyne Explained

Len Toyne
Fullname:Leonard Harris Toyne
Birth Date:12 July 1922
Birth Place:Terang, Victoria
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Launceston, Tasmania
Originalteam:Terang (HFL)
Height:175 cm
Weight:77 kg
Statsend:1949
Years1:1940–41, 1945
Club1:Geelong
Games Goals1:35 (15)
Years2:1942
Club2:Fitzroy
Games Goals2:12 (4)
Years3:1949
Club3:Melbourne
Games Goals3:12 (18)
Games Goalstotal:59 (37)

Leonard Harris "Barrow Boy" Toyne (12 July 1922  - 17 March 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Toyne, from Terang, made his way into the Geelong seniors for the first time in 1940 after serving his apprenticeship in the reserves. He spent the 1942 season at Fitzroy, as Geelong were forced into recess as a result of the war, but was out of action for the next two years due to his service with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Returning to Geelong in 1945, Toyne finished third in the club's 'best and fairest'.

After getting married, Toyne moved to Sandringham in 1946 to live and work. Geelong granted him a clearance which allowed him to be appointed captain-coach of the Sandringham Football Club. The club had finished 11th the previous VFA season and had never reached the finals but Toyne steered them to a seven-point Grand Final win over Camberwell. Sandringham were runners-up in 1947 but struggled the following season, with Toyne getting suspended for three matches during the year after an altercation. Five rounds into the 1949 season, Toyne resigned, citing that he was being victimised by the umpires.

He finished the year at Melbourne before crossing to Sturt, which he captain-coached in 1950 and 1951. His final port of call was Launceston for the 1953 Northern Tasmanian Football Association season.

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