Stan Thomas (Australian footballer)


Stanley "Dasher" Thomas was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of Sarah Jane Hull — later, having married John Henry Thomas in 1896, she became Sarah Jane Thomas — Thomas Stanley Hull was born in Tasmania on 9 May 1892.
He was married to Ethel Mary Murnane.

Football

Thomas first played for Geelong in 1915. He did not play in 1916; however, from 1917 to 1925 he was a regular member of Geelong's defence.
He represented the VFL in a match against a combined Bendigo Football League team on 24 July 1920.
He only played one finals match in his career: the Semi Final against Fitzroy, at the MCG, on September 1923.
His career ended when he was given a 26-game suspension for escalating an all-in brawl that involved players and team officials in Geelong's controversial 1 August 1925 match against North Melbourne.

Death

He died in Geelong on 2 November 1958, and was buried at Geelong Eastern Cemetery.

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