Thomas Francis Stankard (1882–1958), was an

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and baseball player. He played college football and baseball at

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. In 1903, he compiled a .412 batting average for the Holy Cross baseball team and was selected by

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as a third-team halfback on his

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. In July 1904, he appeared in two games in

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with the

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, compiling no hits in two plate appearances. He also played 11 seasons and more than 1,000 games as a first and second baseman in minor league baseball from 1904 to 1914, including stints with the Springfield Ponies (1906–08, 1913–14), Denver Grizzlies (1909) and Holyoke Papermakers (1912).

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