Col Stokes

Col Skirving Stokes (23 October 1905 – 14 September 1980) was a former Australian rules footballer who played in Tasmania between 1926 and 1937, reached representative level and was a leading goalkicker at both club and competition level.[1]

Col Stokes played for Longford in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and for much of his career was one of the leading goalkickers in the competition.[2][3]

Stokes was chosen in a number of NTFA sides for representative intrastate matches.[4][5]

He was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2008.[6]

References
  1. "LAST GAMES OF FIFTH ROUND". The Mercury. CXLVII (20, 836). Tasmania. 3 September 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "LEADING GOAL-KICKERS". The Mercury. CXXXI (19, 310). Tasmania. 27 September 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 4 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "PREMIERSHIP POINTS". The Examiner. XCVI (128) (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY ed.). Tasmania. 9 August 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 4 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "South's Supremacy Maintained in Bitter Finish". Voice. 5 (25). Tasmania. 20 June 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 4 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "NORTH V. SOUTH". The Examiner. XCI (78) (DAILY ed.). Tasmania. 13 June 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 4 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "191. Col Stokes – AFL Tas Hall of Fame". afltashalloffame.com.au.


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