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Key Facts

Full name
John Leslie Pabst

Known as
Len Pabst

Born
28 March 1917

Died
12 May 1992 (aged 75)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 53d
Last game: 31y 125d

Height and weight
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Senior clubs
Hawthorn

Jumper numbers
Hawthorn: 33, 16, 28, 5, 29

Len Pabst

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
HawthornV/AFL1939-1941, 1944-194894120.1322%———2
Total1939-1941, 1944-194894120.1322%———2

AFL: 4,712th player to appear, 2,621st most games played, 4,675th most goals kickedHawthorn: 255th player to appear, 165th most games played, 325th most goals kicked

Small at 173cm and 73kg, Hawthorn’s Len Pabst would almost certainly have played in excess of 100 VFL games were it not for the intervention of war. As it was he made 94 senior appearances and kicked 12 goals for the Mayblooms between 1939 and 1941 and from 1944 to 1948. Most of his football was played as a wingman.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.