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Combining physical enormity (200cm, 95.5kg) with tremendous athleticism, Thompson often ruled the ruck contests as though he owned them, whilst simultaneously providing Collingwood with a formidable around the ground presence. The Magpies recruited Thompson from North Reservoir after he had initially been rejected by Essendon, a club which, ironically, would end up struggling in the ruck for much of Thompson's career. Len Thompson played a total of 272 VFL games and booted 217 goals for the Magpies between 1965 and 1978, winning the club's best and fairest award a record 5 times, as well as the 1972 Brownlow Medal. Collingwood refers to a number of things: Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia The Collingwood Football Club of the Australian Football League Collingwood, a town in Canada Collingwood, a town in the South Island of New Zealand Collingwood College, at the University of Durham, England Edward Collingwood, a British mathematician... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie. ...

He later played briefly for both South Melbourne (20 games and 39 goals in 1979) and Fitzroy (13 games, 19 goals, 1980), but his name will forever be synonymous with Collingwood. Undoubtedly the biggest disappointment of Len Thompson's auspicious, sixteen season, 305 game VFL career was his failure to play in a premiership team, despite appearing in four grand finals. He was a regular Victorian interstate representative, and achieved All Australian selection after the 1972 Perth carnival. South Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

When Collingwood selected its official 'Team of the Twentieth Century' Len Thompson was the obvious choice to lead the first ruck.

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References

• Profile on fullpointsfooty.net