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Les Stainsby

Les Stainsby

Australian rules footballer

Leslie Arthur 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).

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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]

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


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