Stan Enfield

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Stan Enfield
Personal information
Full name John Edward Enfield
Date of birth(1873-08-31)31 August 1873
Place of birth Sydney [1]
Date of death 1 October 1935(1935-10-01) (aged 62)
Place of death Sydney [2]
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1897 Geelong 3 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Edward "Stan" Enfield (31 August 1873 – 1 October 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [3]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales. 9 September 1873. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald (30,498). New South Wales, Australia. 2 October 1935. p. 12.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 260. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5 .
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