Harry Stokesberry

Harry Stokesberry
Personal information
Full name	William Henry Stokesberry
Date of birth	(1896-03-30)30 March 1896
Place of birth	West Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	5 May 1981(1981-05-05) (aged 85)
Place of death	Queensland
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1915	Richmond	1 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Henry Stokesberry (30 March 1896 – 5 May 1981) was an Australian rules footballer.

Family

The son of the talented boxer, respected referee, and Richmond trainer, Joseph Allwood "Joe" Stokesberry (1872-1952),^[1][2] and Ellen "Nellie" Stokesberry (1875-1967), née Lewis, William Henry Stokesberry was born in West Melbourne, Victoria on 30 March 1896.

Football

Stokesberry played one match during the 1915 season for Richmond in the Victorian Football League:^[3][4]

He was a centre-half-forward whose only club game was as a last minute replacement when Richmond were short of players.

Footnotes

1. Hogan (1996), p.220.
2. Deaths: Stokesberry, The Argus, (Wednesday, 22 October 1952), p.12.
3. "All Time Senior Players (Since 1908)". Richmond Football Club. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
4. St. Kilda (6.18) Beat Richmond (4.6), The Age, (Monday, 9 August 1915), p.10; St. Kilda's Superiority, The Argus, (Monday, 9 August 1915), p.11.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1

External links

• Harry Stokesberry's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Harry Stokesberry at AustralianFootball.com