years death_date clubs statsend name coachyears birth_date sooteams article_title coachclubs heightweight
1939 -- 1953 1941 15 december 2010 west perth melbourne 1953 stan heal 1947-1952 30 july 1920 western australia stan heal
 west perth 170 & nbsp ; cm / 70 kg
stan heal

stan `` pops '' heal -lrb- 30 july 1920 -- 15 december 2010 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- as well as west perth in the west australian national football league -lrb- wanfl -rrb- during the 1940s and early 1950s .
heal played his best football as a wingman but was also used on occasions as a rover .
the western australian spent just one season at melbourne , who had acquired his services while he was temporarily stationed in victoria .
despite playing just eight games he was a member of melbourne 's 1941 premiership team .
the following week he played in another premiership , back home in western australia with west perth .
he was also regular interstate representative for western australia , winning a simpson medal for his performance in a game against south australia in 1949 and captaining his state at the 1950 brisbane carnival .
as coach of west perth from 1947 to 1952 he steered his club to two premierships , in 1949 and 1951 .
heal was inducted into the australian football hall of fame in 2010 .
he died on 15 december 2010 .
