13 Facts About Len Incigneri

Leonard "Len" Incigneri was an Italian-Australian rules football player, umpire and coach.

Len Incigneri played for South Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and Richmond Football Club in both the Victorian Football Association and the VFL.

Len Incigneri's brother Matt Incigneri was an Australian rules footballer.

Len Incigneri returned to Hastings in 1904 playing out the season.

Len Incigneri joined them and was part of the side that joined the VFL from 1908 to 1911, playing 63 games in four seasons for the club.

Len Incigneri achieved selection in the VFL interstate team which competed in the 1911 ANFC Carnival held in Adelaide.

Len Incigneri impressed the club enough to be appointed captain-coach in 1914 and as captain only in 1915.

Play was halted for 15 minutes and Len Incigneri was reported by four umpires and the steward.

Len Incigneri was named in the back pocket in the Italian Team of the Century.

Len Incigneri was the first person of Italian ancestry to coach in the VFL.

Len Incigneri officiated in four Victorian Country Football League matches: one in The Bacchus Marsh-Melton Football League and three in the Goulburn Valley Football League.

Len Incigneri was not appointed to any senior VFL matches before leaving the list and joining Melbourne.

Len Incigneri became a horse racing steward first in Gippsland then from 1938 in Brisbane.