Stan Penberthy

Stan Penberthy
Personal information
Full name Stanley A. Penberthy
Date of birth 3 June 1906
Original team Subiaco
Height/Weight 179 cm / 85 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932–1937
1937
Total –		 Footscray
Melbourne		 75 (22)
11 (0)
86 (22)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1937 season .

Stanley "Stan" Penberthy (born 3 June 1906) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Penberthy, a follower, played 81 games at Subiaco between 1927 and 1931.[1] Amongst his seven interstate appearances for Western Australia were games at the 1930 Adelaide Carnival.[1] He also played cricket for Subiaco.[2]

In 1932 he left the state and joined Footscray, with whom he would spend five and a half seasons.[3] He captained Footscray in 1936 and for the early rounds of the 1937 season, before playing out the year with Melbourne.[4] His last league game was a preliminary final, which Melbourne lost to Collingwood.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Full Points Footy: Stanley Penberthy (Subiaco, Footscray, Melbourne)
  2. ^ Western Mail, "Interstate Footballer's Success", 26 December 1929, p. 20
  3. ^ a b AFL Tables: Stan Penberthy
  4. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.