Stan Penberthy

Stan Penberthy
Personal information
Full name	Stanley A. Penberthy
Date of birth	3 June 1906
Date of death	31 March 1989 (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Subiaco
Height/Weight	179 cm / 85 kg
Playing career^1
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. Stan Penberthy's profile from AustralianFootball.com
2. Western Mail, "Interstate Footballer's Success", 26 December 1929, p. 20
3. AFL Tables: Stan Penberthy
4. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.