Len Killeen

Len Killeen
Personal information
Born	(1938-11-19)19 November 1938 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Died	31 October 2011(2011-10-31) (aged 72)
Playing information
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	182 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

Len Killeen (19 November 1938 – 31 October 2011) was a South African former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s.^[1]

Killeen was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. A goal-kicking left wing three-quarter, he played 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.

Playing career

Len Killeen played, scored a try and 5-conversions, and was man of the match winning the Lance Todd Trophy in St. Helens' 21-2 victory over Wigan in the 1966 Challenge Cup final during the 1965–66 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 21 May 1966.

Len Killeen played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a try in St. Helens' 15-4 victory over Leigh in the 1963 Lancashire Cup final during the 1963–64 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 26 October 1963, and played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, and scored 3-conversions in the 12-4 victory over Swinton in the 1964 Lancashire Cup final during the 1964–65 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 24 October 1964.

Len Killeen played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, in St. Helens's 0-4 defeat by Castleford in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965.

Balmain Tigers squad – 1969 NSWRFL Premiers (11th Title)

1 Robert Smithies 2 George Ruebner 3 Allan Fitzgibbon 4 Terry Parker 5 Len Killeen 6 Keith Outten 7 Dave Bolton 8 Gary Leo 9 Peter Boulten 10 Barry McTaggart 11 John Spencer 12 Joseph Walsh 13 Peter Provan (c) 14 Sid Williams Coach: Leo Nosworthy

St Helens RLFC Hall of Fame Inductees

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