Les Stainsby

Les Stainsby
Stainsby during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name Les Stainsby
Date of birth (1898-06-07)7 June 1898
Date of death 29 April 1942(1942-04-29) (aged 43)
Original team(s) Coolamon
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–1926 Collingwood 23 (35)
1927 Richmond 02 0(2)
Total 25 (37)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Les 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Leslie Stainsby". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW : 1893 - 1953). NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 May 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. 1 2 AFL Tables: Les Stainsby


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