(1938-11-19)19 November 1938 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Died
31 October 2011(2011-10-31) (aged 72) Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Playing information
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
13 st 0 lb (83 kg)
Position
Wing
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1962–67
St. Helens
187
115
408
0
1161
1968–71
Balmain
86
38
285
8
700
1972
Penrith
8
2
15
0
36
Total
281
155
708
8
1897
Source: [2]
Leonard Michael Anthony "Len"/"Lenny The Lion"[3] Killeen (19 November 1938 – 31 October 2011) was a South African basketball player, rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.[4]
Killeen was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, and played rugby union for Uitenhage RFC (in Uitenhage). A goal-kicking wing, he played rugby league in England for St. Helens, with whom he won the Challenge Cup in 1966. Killeen also played in Australia for the Balmain, winning the NSWRFL premiership with them in 1969 and becoming the club's all-time top point-scorer.
^Hadfield, Dave (4 November 2011). "Len Killeen: Rugby league player who found fame in Britain and Australia". The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Tribute to Len". saintsrlfc.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^Len Killeen Archived 5 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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