| Stan Wootton | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Stanley Eli Wootton | ||
| Born | 28 April 1895 South Yarra, Victoria | ||
| Died | 20 March 1962(1962-03-20) (aged 66) Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Leopold | ||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1915, 1920–22 | South Melbourne | 41 (45) | |
| 1923 | Richmond | 6 (1) | |
| Total | 47 (46) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Stanley Eli Wootton (28 April 1895 – 20 March 1962) was anAustralian rules footballer who played withSouth Melbourne andRichmond in theVictorian Football League (VFL). He also played afirst-class cricket match forVictoria.
Recruited fromLeopold, Stan Wootton started his VFL career at South Melbourne in 1915 but did not appear again until 1920 due to war commitments. He spent the1920 season as a forward and topped South Melbourne's goal-kicking with 28 goals, including a career best haul of five againstMelbourne at Lake Oval. In 1923 he crossed to Richmond and played six senior games for the club before retiring.
Wootton's cricket career was brief, but very notable as he scored a century in his only first-class innings, against Tasmania at Hobart. A wicket-keeper, he stumped two Tasmanian batsmen before top scoring with 105 runs. As Victoria successfully chased down Tasmania's 4th innings target with five wickets to spare, Wootton wasn't required to bat again and thus finished his career with an average of 105.[1]
A nephew,Richard Wootton, also played for Victoria later in the 1920s.