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Harry Stokesberry

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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 career1
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

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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

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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

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  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.

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