Stanley "Stan" Penberthy (born 3 June 1906) was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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 and Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Penberthy, a follower, played 81 games at Subiaco

Subiaco Football Club

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 between 1927 and 1931. Amongst his seven interstate appearances for Western Australia were games at the 1930 Adelaide Carnival

1930 Adelaide Carnival

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. He also played cricket for Subiaco.

In 1932 he left the state and joined Footscray, with whom he would spend five and a half seasons. He captained Footscray in 1936 and for the early rounds of the 1937 season

1937 VFL season

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, before playing out the year with Melbourne. His last league game was a preliminary final, which Melbourne lost to Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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.