Len Palmer

Leonard Palmer
Full name	Leonard Alison Palmer
Date of birth	31 May 1902
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death	12 April 1931 (aged 28)
Place of death	Sydney, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
	New South Wales
International career
Years	Team
1925	Australia

Leonard Alison Palmer (31 May 1902 – 12 April 1931) was an Australian international rugby union player.

Palmer was one of 12 children of Annie Maria née Smith and London–born stockbroker Joseph Palmer (from the firm Joseph Palmer and Sons). He was educated at Tudor House School in Moss Vale and Sydney Grammar School.^[1]

A sturdy prop, Palmer played for Sydney club Western Suburbs and gained his maiden New South Wales Waratahs call up in 1925 for a tour of New Zealand. His selection was considered a surprise as he had recently been overlooked for the NSW Second XV. He appeared in five uncapped fixtures for the Waratahs (retrospectively granted status as a national team), but didn't play against the All Blacks, with Tom Smith and Harry Woods preferred in the front row.^[1]^[2]

Palmer died on 12 April 1931 when the plane he was piloting crashed in the Sydney suburb of Mascot. He was an accomplished aviator, having four months prior won the Coffs Aerial Derby event on New Year Day.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Leonard Alison Palmer". Classic Wallabies.
^ "Football". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 July 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Aeroplane Crash". The Coff's Harbour Advocate. 14 April 1931. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

[ClassicWallabies-1] "Leonard Alison Palmer". Classic Wallabies.

[2] "Football". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 July 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Aeroplane Crash". The Coff's Harbour Advocate. 14 April 1931. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

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