Stan Ponchard
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
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|name = Stan Ponchard
|fullname = Stanley Frederick Ponchard
|birth_date = 13 February 1924
|death_date = {{death date and age|2000|11|22|1924|2|13|df=yes}}
|death_place = Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
|retired = yes
|position = {{rlp|HB}}
|club1 = Balmain
|year1start = 1943
|year1end = 53
|appearances1 = 104
|tries1 = 46
|goals1 = 14
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 166
|teamA = NSW City
|yearAstart = 1948
|yearAend =
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|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
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|pointsA = 0
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| relatives = Des Ponchard (uncle)
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Stanley Frederick 'Stan' Ponchard (13 February 1924 {{ndash}} 22 November 2000) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for the Balmain Tigers in the NSWRFL.
Biography
A Balmain junior, Ponchard played five-eighth for Balmain between 1943{{ndash}}1948 and 1951{{ndash}}1953. He also captained the club during his career. He appeared in 104 first grade games and scored 46 tries and kicked 14 goals.
Ponchard won two premierships with Balmain in 1944 and 1946.{{cite web | url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/stan-ponchard/summary.html | title=Stan Ponchard - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project }} His representative career extended to one appearance for N.S.W. City Firsts in 1948.
He was the nephew of another Balmain stalwart, Des Ponchard who played with the Tigers between 1922{{ndash}}1929.Alan Whiticker- Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 2005
Ponchard moved to Kempsey, New South Wales after his playing career, and died there on 22 November 2000.{{cite news|date=23 November 2000|title=Death Notice|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney}}
Accolades
Stan Ponchard was posthumously inducted into the Balmain Tigers Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite news|last=Lane|first=Daniel|date=23 May 2010|title=Victory gives Sheens no shelter from snipers inside the Tigers|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/victory-gives-sheens-no-shelter-from-snipers-inside-the-tigers-20100522-w2vr.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=12 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://tigers.org.au/news/444/56/Balmain-Tigers-Hall-of-Fame/d,Football%20Article/|title=Balmain Tigers Hall of Fame|date=22 May 2010|website=Balmain Tigers|accessdate=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218225044/http://tigers.org.au/news/444/56/Balmain-Tigers-Hall-of-Fame/d,Football%20Article/|archive-date=18 February 2011|url-status=unfit }}
References
{{Reflist}}
The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players by Alan Whitaker and Glen Hudson. 1995, Griffin Books ({{ISBN|1 875 169571}})
{{Balmain squad - 1944 NSWRFL premiers}}
{{Balmain Tigers squad 1946 NSWRFL premiership}}
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Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Balmain Tigers players
Category:City New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
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