Les Stainsby
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Les Stainsby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Stainsby during his Collingwood career | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Arthur Stainsby | ||
| Date of birth | (1898-06-07)7 June 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Mortlake, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 29 April 1942(1942-04-29) (aged 43) | ||
| Place of death | Prahran, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Coolamon | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925–1926 | Collingwood | 23 (35) | |
| 1927 | Richmond | 02 0(2) | |
| Total | 25 (37) | ||
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leslie Arthur Stainsby (7 June 1898 – 29 April 1942)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Stainsby spent two seasons at Collingwood, after arriving at the club from New South Wales club Coolamon.[2] In the first he kicked 29 goals, two of them in the 1925 VFL Grand Final, to finish second in Collingwood's goal-kicking, behind Gordon Coventry.[3] He played for Richmond in the 1927 VFL season.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Stainsby.
- ^ "Mr. Leslie Stainsby". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser. NSW. 26 May 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ a b AFL Tables: Les Stainsby
- v
- t
- e
