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Jervis Stokes
Personal information
Full name Jervis A. Stokes
Date of birth (1927-09-21)21 September 1927
Original team(s) Burnie
Height / weight 180 cm / 78 kg
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jervis Stokes (born 21 September 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early career

Stokes, a centreman and half forward, played originally for Burnie.[1][2] He represented Tasmania at the 1947 Hobart Carnival.[3]

Richmond

In 1948, Stokes joined the Richmond Football Club, where his brother Ray played.[1][4] It was his injured brother's spot that Jervis took to make his league debut in round seven, against Hawthorn.[5] He made a total of 11 appearances that year, then eight in the 1949 VFL season, followed by 14 in 1950.[6]

Post VFL career

Stokes went to Moorabbin as captain-coach in 1951, for the club's inaugural season in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[7][8] Moorabbin won only three of their 20 games in 1951, finishing only higher on the ladder than the other new club Box Hill.[9]

From 1952 to 1954, Stokes was playing coach of Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) club Scottsdale.[10][11] In his first season, Stokes guided Scottsdale to the grand final, which they lost to City by 20 points.[12] It was the first time Scottsdale had made an NTFA grand final.[13]

He coached Moe to a premiership in the 1956 Latrobe Valley Football League season, just two years after the club had finished a season winless.[14]

After four years with Moe, Stokes coached Trafalgar, but later returned to Tasmania and in 1964 was non playing coach of Devonport.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Highlights In Week-End Sport". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 1 March 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ "AFL Players from Burnie Dockers". Burnie Dockers.
  3. ^ "Football Carnival Arrival Of Teams Delayed". The Advocate (Burnie). Tas. 30 July 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  4. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  5. ^ "Drastic Changes Made At Collingwood". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 May 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Jervis Stokes". AFL Tables.
  7. ^ "Stokes New Coach?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 7 February 1951. p. 17. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Stokes To Coach Moorabbin". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 February 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Sandringham win easily in semi-final test". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 September 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Stokes Succeeds Chitty". The Mercury (Hobart). Tas. 29 November 1951. p. 28. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Launceston Favoured To Beat Scottsdale". The Mercury (Hobart). Tas. 27 August 1954. p. 21. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  12. ^ "City Survives Strong Bid By Scottsdale To Win NTFA Title". Examiner (Launceston). 29 September 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Half-Back Discusses Key Men In NTFA Grand Final". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 26 September 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  14. ^ "Moe" (PDF). News Limited. (PDF)
  15. ^ "Seniors". SportingPulse.
  16. ^ Lyons, Peter (3 July 2008). "Tales of a tiger of a time" (PDF). Devonport Times. p. 7. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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