Stan Hiskins was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Hiskins was one of four brothers from Rutherglen

Rutherglen Football Club

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, who appeared in the VFL. He played beside Arthur Hiskins

Arthur Hiskins

Arthur 'Poddy' Hiskins was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

 at South Melbourne while his others brothers Fred

Fred Hiskins

Fred Hiskins was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s....

 and Rupe played for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 and Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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 respectively.

A carpenter by profession, Hiskins kicked 19 goals in his debut season in 1913. He was one of South Melbourne's half back flankers in their 1914 Grand Final

1914 VFL Grand Final

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loss to Carlton.

He lost the next four years of his career to the war, during which time he served overseas with the 1st Motor Transport Company.

Hiskins returned from the war late in 1918 and the following year returned to South Melbourne to play another three seasons.