Stan Reid
Australian rules footballer and soldier (1872–1901) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stanley Spencer Reid (12 July 1872 – 29 June 1901) was an Australian rules footballer with the Fitzroy Football Club from 1894 to 1898.
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Full name | Stanley Spencer Reid | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1872 | ||
Place of birth | Swan Hill, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 29 June 1901(1901-06-29) (aged 28) | ||
Place of death | Middel-Kraal, South Africa | ||
Original team(s) | Fitzroy (VFA) | ||
Debut | Round 4, 1897, Fitzroy vs. Essendon, at Brunswick Street Oval | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1897–1898 | Fitzroy | 24 (8) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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Soon after his retirement from VFL football, he became an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church.
He also, later, became a member of the Imperial Forces in the Anglo-Boer War, firstly as a trooper in the Second Western Australian (Mounted Infantry) Contingent (2WAMI) in 1900, and then as a commissioned officer in the Sixth Western Australian (Mounted Infantry) Contingent (6WAMI) in 1901.[1]
He died in active service in the Anglo-Boer War.