Stan Reid

Australian Rules Footballer

1872 – 1901

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Who was Stan Reid?

Stanley Spencer Reid was an Australian rules footballer with the Fitzroy Football Club from 1894 to 1898.

Soon after his retirement from VFL football, he became an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church.

He also, later, became a member of the Imperial Forces in the Anglo-Boer War, firstly as a trooper in the Second Western Australian Contingent in 1900, and then as a commissioned officer in the Sixth Western Australian Contingent in 1901.

He died in active service in the Anglo-Boer War.

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Born
Jul 12, 1872
Swan Hill
Also known as
  • Stanley Simpson Reid
Nationality
  • Australia
Profession
Education
  • University of Melbourne
Died
Jun 23, 1901

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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