Stan Penberthy

Stan Penberthy
Personal information
Full name Stanley A. Penberthy
Date of birth (1906-06-03)3 June 1906
Date of death 31 March 1989(1989-03-31) (aged 82)
Original team(s) 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 correct to end of 1937 season.

Stanley "Stan" Penberthy (3 June 1906 – 31 March 1989) 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. 1 2 Stan Penberthy's profile from AustralianFootball.com
  2. Western Mail, "Interstate Footballer's Success", 26 December 1929, p. 20
  3. 1 2 AFL Tables: Stan Penberthy
  4. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.


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