Harry Stokesberry Explained

Harry Stokesberry
Fullname:	William Henry Stokesberry
Birth Date:	30 March 1896
Birth Place:	West Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	Queensland
Statsend:	1915
Years1:	1915
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

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.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.

Notes and References

1. Hogan (1996), p.220.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23203008 Deaths: Stokesberry, The Argus, (Wednesday, 22 October 1952), p.12.
3. Web site: All Time Senior Players (Since 1908). Richmond Football Club. 12 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031112203/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/richmond%20senior%20players%20-%201908%20to%20present/tabid/10148/default.aspx. 31 October 2012. dmy-all.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154987013 St. Kilda (6.18) Beat Richmond (4.6), The Age, (Monday, 9 August 1915), p.10