Stan Rule

Stan Rule
Personal information
Birth	17 January 1924
Recruited from	Brighton Tech
Height and weight	185 cm / 86 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 3, 1946, Melbourne v. Essendon, at Windy Hill
Team(s)	Melbourne (1946–50) 74 games, 13 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1950 season
Career highlights

Stan Rule (born 17 January 1924) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1940s.

Rule was used as both a follower and defender at Melbourne. In their 1948 premiership team he was the former, while in 1946 he played from the back pocket in a losing Grand Final. He represented the Victorian interstate team once, in 1949.

References

Stan Rule's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 21. Don Cordner \| 1. Denis Cordner \| 2. McKenzie \| 3. Collins \| 4. Smith \| 5. Deans \| 6. Craddock \| 7. Jackson \| 11. Bowman \| 12. Mueller \| 13. Spittle \| 16. Bickford \| 22. McGrath \| 25. McLean \| 28. Dullard \| 29. Arnold \| 30. Rodda \| 31. Rule \| 32. Dockett \| 35. McMahen

Coach: Hughes

Persondata
Name	Rule, Stan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	17 January 1924
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death