Claude Alexander Stanlake (12 October 1882 – 19 August 1960) was an

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er who played with St Kilda in the

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(VFL). Recruited from

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(VFA) club Preston Football Club juniors, Stanlake made his senior VFL debut in Round 12

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against

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, and played six games in his debut season. He played a further twelve games in

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. After living in Brunswick, in 1915 Stanlake moved to the

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to gain work and was a leading player in the early seasons of the

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(NTFL).Lee & Barfoot, p. 4. Stanlake married Sarah Charlotte on 27 February 1904 and had five children."Divorce Court", ''The Age'', 12 November 1918, p. 7. When he moved to the Northern Territory, Sarah Charlotte and the children remained in Melbourne. On 11 November 1918, Stanlake sought a divorce from Sarah Charlotte on the ground of misconduct with a Mr Les Gillan. In August 1917, Sarah Charlotte had pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Criminal Court to a charge of concealment of birth, where "after intimacy, she had given birth to a stillborn child, which she put in a box and placed in a room at the

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." Stanlake was granted a

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References

Sources

*Holmesby, R. & Main, J. (2014) ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897'' (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. . * Lee, D. & Barfoot, M. (1996) ''NTFL'', Northern Territory Football League: Darwin. .

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* * 1882 births 1960 deaths Australian rules footballers from New South Wales St Kilda Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1882-stub