Len Sallis

Len Sallis
Personal information
Full name Leonard Dalwood Sallis
Born (1904-08-20)20 August 1904
Died c. 1989
Original team Black Forest
Height 5.9 ft (180 cm)
Weight 11 st (154 lb; 70 kg)
Position Centre
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–35 Glenelg 172 (37)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 13 (14)
Career highlights

Leonard Dalwood Sallis (20 August 1904 – c. 1989) was an Australian rules footballer for Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League during the 1920s and 1930s.[1]

Football career

Born in the Adelaide suburb of Payneham, Sallis was a junior with the city's Black Forest club and joined Glenelg "B" in 1923, before making his senior debut the following season.[2]

Sallis could play as a centre, half-forward and half-back.[3] His honours at Glenelg included five best and fairest awards, the club captaincy in 1928, a place on their 1934 premiership team and two runner-up finishes in the Magarey Medal. He obtained 13 caps for South Australia and was amongst the state's best performers at the 1930 Adelaide Carnival, where he won their award for "most useful" player.[4]

In 2002, Sallis was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.[5]

Personal life

Sallis was married to wife Muriel in 1929 and the couple had two sons.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Football". The West Australian. 11 July 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Record of L. Sallis". The Sporting Globe. 19 August 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 29 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Dashing Glenelg Forward". The Sporting Globe. 13 August 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 29 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Glenelg Football Club.
  5. ↑ "Len D. Sallis". SANFL.
  6. ↑ "Muriel and Len achieve diamond milestone". Hills Messenger. 26 July 1989. p. 15. Retrieved 29 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
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