Stan Reid | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Stanley Spencer Reid | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1872 | ||
Place of birth | Swan Hill, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 29 June 1901 | (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 |
Stanley Spencer Reid (12 July 1872 – 29 June 1901) was an Australian rules footballer with the Fitzroy Football Club from 1894 to 1898.
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.