Stan Rule

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Stan Rule
Personal information
Date of birth	17 January 1924
Original team	Brighton Tech
Debut	Round 3, 1946, Melbourne v. Essendon, at Windy Hill
Height/Weight	185 cm / 86 kg
Playing career¹
Melbourne (1946–50) 74 games, 13 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1950 season.

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.

v t e 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
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Date of death
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