Len Gardner (footballer, born 1931)

Len Gardner
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-02-16)16 February 1931
Date of death 17 May 2025(2025-05-17) (aged 94)
Original team(s) Burnley Scouts
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951 Richmond 5 (0)
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Len Gardner (16 February 1931 – 17 May 2025) was an Australian rules football player who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Prior to his senior debut in 1951, Gardner played for Richmond in the VFL reserves competition from 1948 until the end of the 1951 season.

After leaving Richmond, Gardner played for Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association in 1952 and 1953. He also played for North Kew in the Eastern Suburban Football League (ESFL), where he won the club's best and fairest award in 1956 and played in a premiership in 1957.

Gardner died on 17 May 2025, aged 94.