Stan Vandersluys
Fitzroy and Richmond
AFL career
50 games26 goals
- Debut
- R10 1946 v NTH22 June 1946
- Most recent
- R11 1953 v HAW4 July 1953
Stats
Bio
A post-war recruit from the RAAF, Stan Vandersluys carved out a niche at Fitzroy as a versatile defender capable of impacting the scoreboard. While primarily stationed in the back pocket or on a half-back flank, he possessed enough attacking flair to drift forward and convert opportunities, maintaining an impressive strike rate for a backman during his time with the Lions. He served the club faithfully for seven seasons before a late-career switch to Richmond in 1953 provided a brief final chapter, where he added a handful of senior appearances to bring his VFL tally to a neat half-century.
Profile
- Born
- 11 July 1924
- Died
- 27 Feb 2005 (aged 80y 231d)
- Deathplace
- Foster, VIC
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 84 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA post-war recruit from the RAAF, Stan Vandersluys carved out a niche at Fitzroy as a versatile defender capable of impacting the scoreboard. While primarily stationed in the back pocket or on a half-back flank, he possessed enough attacking flair to drift forward and convert opportunities, maintaining an impressive strike rate for a backman during his time with the Lions. He served the club faithfully for seven seasons before a late-career switch to Richmond in 1953 provided a brief final chapter, where he added a handful of senior appearances to bring his VFL tally to a neat half-century.