Harry Stokesberry

Harry Stokesberry
Personal information
Full name William Henry Stokesberry
Born (1896-03-30)30 March 1896
West Melbourne, Victoria
Died 5 May 1981(1981-05-05) (aged 85)
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

The son of the talented boxer, respected referee, and Richmond trainer, Joseph Allwood "Joe" Stokesberry (1872-1952), 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:

He was a centre-half-forward whose only club game was as a last minute replacement when Richmond were short of players.

Footnotes

  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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