Signed up South Melbourne, Littler kicked a couple of goals on his debut, a win over Essendon, but didn't experience another victory in the rest of the nine matches that he played in the 1903 VFL season.

Launceston lured him back to their club in 1908, the same year that he returned to the mainly briefly to represent Tasmania at the Melbourne Carnival.

Littler spent 1909 as an umpire in the Zeehan District Football Association.

At an age where many players would retire, Littler began a 20-year stint at Wynyard which included a further three premierships.

[3] Littler, secretary of the club at the time, came out of retirement for the day to help make up the numbers, thus playing a senior first-class match at the age of 52.