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Key Facts

Full name
Stanley Tomlins

Known as
Stan Tomlins

Born
22 November 1923

Died
25 June 2004 (aged 80)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 24y 147d
Last game: 24y 266d

Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Senior clubs
Richmond

Jumper numbers
Richmond: 23

Stan Tomlins

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
RichmondV/AFL194812231.9267%———0
Total194812231.9267%———0

AFL: 5,777th player to appear, 7,890th most games played, 3,466th most goals kickedRichmond: 478th player to appear, 654th most games played, 278th most goals kicked

Described as "an ornament to the game making the ball his only objective",¹ Stan Tomlins achieved it all during his comparatively brief post-war VFA career with Sandringham. At centre half back in 1946 as the Zebras broke through for their first ever flag with a seven-point Grand Final defeat of Camberwell, he won the following season's Liston Trophy for the best and fairest player in the competition. In that year's Grand Final, however, playing at centre half forward, he was eclipsed by Cyril Mann as Port Melbourne raced to victory by 31 points.

The 1948 season saw Tomlins at Richmond where he played a dozen VFL games without ever really establishing himself.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. The Zebra Story by Albert Hubbard, page 18.

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.