Stan Heal

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Australian rules footballer and coach

title: "Stan Heal" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1920-births", "2010-deaths", "australian-rules-footballers-from-western-australia", "melbourne-football-club-players", "west-perth-football-club-players", "west-perth-football-club-coaches", "australian-football-hall-of-fame-inductees", "west-australian-football-hall-of-fame-inductees", "australian-labor-party-members-of-the-parliament-of-western-australia", "members-of-the-western-australian-legislative-assembly", "melbourne-football-club-premiership-players", "vfl/afl-premiership-players", "australian-military-personnel-of-world-war-ii", "military-personnel-from-western-australia", "20th-century-australian-politicians", "australian-sportsperson-politicians"] description: "Australian rules footballer and coach" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Heal" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Stan Heal
image	Stan Heal 1941.jpg
fullname	Stanley Heal
nickname	Pops
birth_date	30 July 1920
birth_place	West Leederville, Western Australia
death_date
death_place	Nedlands, Western Australia
height	170 cm
weight	70 kg
position	Wing, rover
statsend	1953
years1	1939–1953
club1	West Perth
games_goals1	180
years2	1941
club2	Melbourne
games_goals2	8 (5)
sooyears1	1946–1951
sooteam1	Western Australia
soogames_goals1	18
coachyears1	1947–1952
coachclub1	West Perth
coachgames_wins1	133 (95–38–0)
careerhighlights	*Three premierships for West Perth
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One premiership for Melbourne
Two premierships in one season: 1941
Six successive finals series as coach of West Perth

Stanley "Pops" Heal (30 July 1920 – 15 December 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as well as West Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) 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.

From 1953 to 1965 he was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of West Perth until 1962 and Perth thereafter.

Heal was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2010. He died on 15 December 2010.

References

Atkinson, Graeme. (1989). "3AW Book of Footy Records". Magistra Publishing Company.
[http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/8515983/wa-footy-legend-stan-heal-dies-aged-90/ WA footy legend Stan Heal dies, aged 90]
"Stanley Heal". [[Parliament of Western Australia]].
[https://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/induction-caps-off-kangaroo-careys-colourful-career-20100603-x708.html Induction caps off Kangaroo Carey's colourful career]
[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/demon-star-stan-pops-heal-dies-at-90/story-e6frf9jf-1225971352888 Demon star Stan 'Pops' Heal dies at 90]

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