Claude Alexander Stanlake (12 October 1882 – 19 August 1960) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Recruited from
Victorian Football Association
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(VFA) club
Preston Football Club juniors, Stanlake made his senior VFL debut in Round 12
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's ...
against
Collingwood Football Club
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at
Victoria Park, and played six games in his debut season. He played a further twelve games in
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for al ...
.
After living in Brunswick,
[ in 1915 Stanlake moved to the ]Northern Territory
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to gain work and was a leading player in the early seasons of the Northern Territory Football League
The Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) is an Australian rules football competition, operating in Greater Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and the Northern Territory, formerly run by the Northern Territory Football League Incorporated a ...
(NTFL).[Lee & Barfoot, p. 4.]
Stanlake married Sarah Charlotte on 27 February 1904 and had five children.["Divorce Court", ''The Age'', 12 November 1918, p. 7.] When he moved to the Northern Territory, Sarah Charlotte and the children remained in Melbourne. On 11 November 1918, Stanlake sought a divorce from Sarah Charlotte on the ground of misconduct with a Mr Les Gillan. In August 1917, Sarah Charlotte had pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Criminal Court
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to a charge of concealment of birth, where "after intimacy, she had given birth to a stillborn child, which she put in a box and placed in a room at
the Jolimont railway station
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."[ Stanlake was granted a ]decree nisi
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.[
]
References
Sources
*Holmesby, R. & Main, J. (2014) ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897'' (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. .
* Lee, D. & Barfoot, M. (1996) ''NTFL'', Northern Territory Football League: Darwin. .
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1882 births
1960 deaths
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
St Kilda Football Club players
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