Les Stainsby Explained

Les Stainsby
Fullname:Leslie Arthur Stainsby
Birth Date:7 June 1898
Birth Place:Mortlake, Victoria
Death Place:Prahran, Victoria
Originalteam:Coolamon
Height:170 cm
Weight:73 kg
Statsend:1927
Years1:1925–1926
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:23 (35)
Years2:1927
Club2:Richmond
Games Goals2:2 (2)
Games Goalstotal:25 (37)

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mr. Leslie Stainsby. . . NSW . 26 May 1942 . 27 August 2014 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  3. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Les_Stainsby.html AFL Tables: Les Stainsby