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Len Killeen

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Born
Saturday, 19th November, 1938
Died
Friday, 28th October, 2011 (Aged 72 years and 344 days)

Competitions Won

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1969

Honours & Awards

Lance Todd Trophy
1966

Biography

South African RU winger and goal-kicker extraordinaire shifted from Rugby’s amateur ranks to play for St Helens in 1965. Killeen got a first-hand view of the 1967-68 Kangaroos in England and decided that Australia was the place to play rugby league. Signing with Balmain he established a club record 207 points (9t, 84g, 6fg) during the club's premiership winning season in 1969 - surpassing the great Keith Barnes. Killeen's kicking style - placing the ball upright with an ultra-quick walk-up - was seen to good effect in the Tigers’ shock, 11-2 win over Souths in the infamous 1969 grand final. He saw out his career at Penrith in 1972 before returning to South Africa.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 1 85 1 86 38-38 285     - 8 8 700 - - - 46 37 3 53.49% List
NRL Finals - 3 - 3 --- 11     - - - 22 - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
Preseason Cup - 12 1 13 7-7 37     - 1 1 97 - - - 5 6 2 38.46% List
Endeavour Cup - 3 - 3 2-2 7     - - - 20 - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  97 2 99 45-45 322     - 9 9 797 - - - 51 43 5 51.52% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
BalmainBalmain 19671967 NSWRFL   11 - 115-5 38     - 1 1 93 - - - 5 5 1 45.45% List
BalmainBalmain 19681968 NSWRFL   18 - 188-8 64     - - - 152 - - - 11 7 - 61.11% List
BalmainBalmain 19691969 NSWRFL   22 - 229-9 84     - 6 6 207 - - - 16 6 - 72.73% List
BalmainBalmain 19701970 NSWRFL   17 - 1711-11 48     - 1 1 131 - - - 8 8 1 47.06% List
BalmainBalmain 19711971 NSWRFL   10 - 103-3 36     - - - 81 - - - 4 6 - 40.00% List
PenrithPenrith 19721972 NSWRFL   7 1 82-2 15     - - - 36 - - - 2 5 1 25.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Balmain 1967-71   78 - 78 36-36 270     - 8 8 664 - - - 44 32 2 56.41% List
Penrith 1972   7 1 8 2-2 15     - - - 36 - - - 2 5 1 25.00% List

Your Say

  • MALCOLM REID (QLD)
    9 Jun 2012 3:36pm

    THE MOST IMPRESSIVE GOAL KICKER I HAVE SEEN. ONE STEP FROM HALFWAY BALL UPRIGHT. FEBRUARY 1968 REDFERN OVAL.. I THINK

  • John Stagg
    19 Sep 2018 6:34pm

    I saw Len Killeens fist match for Balmain at the old Sydney
    Sports Ground,he was standing on the Balmain 25 yard line right next to the sideline.South Sydney kicked off and the ball was caught by Killeen,he calmly kicked a field goal much to the amazement of the South Sydney players their was a hurried conference and the ball was kept well away from Killeen for the rest of the game.
    John Stagg.

  • Anonymous
    5 Jun 2025 11:56pm

    1968 Cumberland Oval Balmain v Parra Penalty Sideline On the halfway line I was twelve years old.in a crowd Saw Len kick from two steps . The crowd rose to block my view and all I saw was the ball between the top of the goal posts. Life long memory. Thanks Len

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