Brian Stanislaus

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Brian Stanislaus

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| fullname = Brian Stanislaus

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|7|13|df=y}}

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| originalteam = St Mary's (NTFL)

| draftpick = 54th, 1990 National Draft

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 77 kg

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| statsend = 1991

| years1 = 1991

| club1 = Sydney Swans

| games_goals1 = 1 (0)

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Brian Stanislaus (born 13 July 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

Stanislaus made just one appearance for Sydney, in round three of the 1991 AFL season, against Adelaide.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Brian_Stanislaus.html AFL Tables: Brian Stanislaus] In 1992 and 1993 he played for North Launceston in the Tasmanian Statewide League. Whilst there he was given another chance to play AFL football when he was selected by the Brisbane Bears in the 1992 Mid-Season Draft, but he never played a senior game for the club.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}

The Tiwi Islander instead made his name playing for St Mary's in the Northern Territory Football League. An eight time premiership player, Stanislaus made 258 appearances for the club and kicked 776 goals. He twice won the St Marys best and fairest award and was a seven time leading goal-kicker.{{cite web|url=http://www.saints.org.au/History/past_great.htm|title=Past Great Players|publisher=St Mary's Football Club|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409125753/http://www.saints.org.au/History/past_great.htm|archivedate=9 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}

He played briefly for East Perth in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-5545-0-0-0&sID=222369|title=Aboriginal Football: West Australian Football League|publisher=Sportingpulse}}