Stan Heal

Stan Heal
Personal information
Date of birth	30 July 1920
Date of death	15 December 2010(2010-12-15) (aged 90)
Height/Weight	170 cm / 70 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1939–1953 1941	West Perth Melbourne	180 08 (5)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Western Australia	18
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1947-1952	West Perth
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953 season.
Career highlights
Three premierships for West Perth One premiership for Melbourne Two premierships in one season: 1941 Six successive finals series as coach of West Perth

Stan "Pops" Heal (30 July 1920 – 15 December 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as well as West Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) during the 1940s and early 1950s.

Heal played his best football as a wingman but was also used on occasions as a rover. The Western Australian spent just one season at Melbourne, who had acquired his services while he was temporarily stationed in Victoria. Despite playing just eight games he was a member of Melbourne's 1941 premiership team. The following week he played in another premiership, back home in Western Australia with West Perth.^[1]

He was also regular interstate representative for Western Australia, winning a Simpson Medal for his performance in a game against South Australia in 1949 and captaining his state at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival.^[2]

As coach of West Perth from 1947 to 1952 he steered his club to two premierships, in 1949 and 1951.

Heal was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2010.^[3] He died on 15 December 2010.^[4]

References

↑ Atkinson, Graeme (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. South Melbourne: Magistra Publishing Company. p. 278. ISBN 1863210091.
↑ WA footy legend Stan Heal dies, aged 90
↑ Induction caps off Kangaroo Carey's colourful career
↑ Demon star Stan 'Pops' Heal dies at 90

External links

Stan Heal's statistics from AFL Tables
Stan Heal's profile from AustralianFootball.com
Hall of Fame profile

Melbourne Football Club 1941 VFL premiers

Melbourne 19.13 (127) defeated Essendon 13.20 (98), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Heal 4. Smith 9. Emselle 10. Gibb 11. Lewis 12. Mueller 15. Baggott 17. La Fontaine (c) 18. Lock 21. D. Cordner 22. McGrath 23. Wartman 24. Beames 25. McLean 27. Daly 28. T. Cordner 29. O'Keefe 34. Dullard 36. Anderson

Coach: Hughes

1948 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Charlie Sutton (Footscray) Shane McGrath (Melbourne) Bob McClure (Essendon) Marcel Hilsz (Perth) Bert Deacon (Carlton) Len Fitzgerald (Collingwood)

Midfielders Stan Heal (West Perth) Bill Twomey, Jr. (Collingwood) Noel Jarvis (Fitzroy)

Forwards Bill Hutchison (Essendon) Jack Howell (Carlton) Bob Hank (West Torrens) Bill Morris (Richmond) Lindsay White (Geelong) Lou Richards (Collingwood)

Followers Merv McIntosh (Perth) Les McClements (Claremont) Jack Sheedy (East Fremantle)

1949 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Charlie Sutton (Footscray) Shane McGrath (Melbourne) Don Cordner (Melbourne) Marcel Hilsz (Perth) Bert Deacon (Carlton) Ron Clegg (South Melbourne)

Midfielders Des Healey (Collingwood) Ern Henfry (Carlton) Stan Heal (West Perth)

Forwards Bob Hank (West Torrens) Fred Flanagan (Geelong) Les Foote (North Melbourne) Bill Morris (Richmond) John Coleman (Essendon) Jack Sheedy (East Fremantle)

Followers Jack Howell (Carlton) Merv McIntosh (Perth) Steve Marsh (South Fremantle)

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