Stan Rule

Stan Rule
Personal information
Full name	Stan Rule
Date of birth	17 January 1924
Date of death	12 August 2007 (aged 83)
Original team(s)	Brighton Tech
Height / weight	185 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Follower, defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1950	Melbourne	74 (13)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1949	Victoria
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.

Stan Rule (17 January 1924 – 12 August 2007)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Rule, a Victorian interstate representative in 1949, was used as both a follower and defender at Melbourne.^[2] In their 1948 premiership team he was the former, while in 1946 he played from the back pocket in a losing Grand Final. He went to Wodonga in 1951, as captain-coach.^[3]

References

1. "AFL Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
3. "Melbourne clear Stan Rule.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 24 January 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

External links

• Stan Rule's statistics from AFL Tables