Stanley James Spinks (16 October 1912 – 23 October 2003) was an

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by ...

footballer who played for the

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in the

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(VFL) during the 1930s. He played as both a centreman and wingman in his career. Stan's father, Charles Spinks was a founder of the Hawthorn Football club in 1902. Spinks finished second in the 1938

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count, missing out by one vote to

Dick Reynolds Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownl ...

. He did, however, win that season's Hawthorn

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, having won the award previously in 1932. In 1941 he quit the club after being dropped to the reserves side. He finished his playing career with Camberwell in the

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, but later returned to Hawthorn as coach of their thirds team in 1946. He also became an active committeeman (1947-1951-55) and he served as a club selector for more than a decade. In 2007, Stan Spinks was inducted into the Hawthorn Hall of Fame.

Honours and achievements

Individual * 2× Hawthorn best and fairest: 1932, 1938 *

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Hall of Fame *

life member

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* 1912 births 2003 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Hawthorn Football Club players Peter Crimmins Medal winners Camberwell Football Club players People from Hawthorn, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1912-stub