Stan Penberthy

Stan Penberthy
Personal information
Full name	Stanley Archibald Penberthy
Date of birth	(1906-06-03)3 June 1906
Place of birth	Subiaco, Western Australia
Date of death	31 March 1989(1989-03-31) (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Subiaco
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1932–1937	Footscray	75 (22)
1937	Melbourne	11 (0)
Total		86 (22)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stanley Archibald 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 at 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.