Full name Leslie Albert Johnson Name Len Johnson Position(s) Full-forward | Original team(s) Ascot Vale CYMS | |
Date of birth (1908-07-06)6 July 1908 Date of death 24 January 1942(1942-01-24) (aged 33) | ||
Place of death near Singapore, Malaya | ||
Leslie Albert "Len" Johnson (6 July 1908 – 24 January 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was equal leading goalkicker for Essendon in the 1929 VFL season, and in one game kicked nine goals. He then played and coached in Tasmania, including at the Longford, Nhill and Griffith clubs.
He was killed in action in Malaya during World War II.
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