Max Pontifex

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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| name = Max Pontifex

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| fullname = Stanley Maxwell Pontifex

| birth_date = {{birth_date|1910|07|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = North Adelaide, South Australia

| death_date = {{death_date_and_age|1998|01|18|1910|07|31|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Commonwealth Bank (SA)

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| weight =

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| statsend = 1934

| years1 = 1930–1934

| club1 = West Torrens

| games_goals1 = 74 (50)

| years2 = 1936–1938

| club2 = City (Launceston)

| games_goals2 = 45 (?)

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Stanley Maxwell Pontifex was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182149336 |title=Yachtsman — Footballer. |newspaper=Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=18 May 1932 |accessdate=19 June 2015 |page=9 Edition: Edition1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Pontifex's career with West Torrens began in 1929 and ended when he was transferred by his employer to Tasmania. In Tasmania he captain / coached the City Football Club in Launceston. A centreman, he had won a Magarey Medal in 1932 and was twice West Torrens' best and fairest winner. He also represented South Australian in 10 interstate matches during his career.

He is buried at St Jude's Cemetery, Brighton along with his wife Verna Margaret nee Smith (1914–2001).