Stan Castles

Stan Castles (28 June 1906 – 8 March 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Fremantle in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).

Born in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Castles joined the Royal Australian Navy aged 16 and served overseas on HMAS Adelaide. While stationed in Sydney in 1928, Castles played for local team Sydney in the New South Wales Football League (NSWFL), before leaving the Navy to move to Perth to marry Mena Halstrom.

Castles returned to Sydney in 1931 and won the NSWFL Leading Goalkicker Award with 109 goals. Chosen for New South Wales for the interstate match against the Victorian Football Association (VFA) combined side in Sydney, Castles kicked 1 goal as New South Wales lost by 12 points. Castles kicked 1 goal the following week in the seniors, against Hawthorn, before being omitted from Fitzroy's league team.

Castles returned to the NSWFL in 1933 to play for Sydney. In retirement, he was a member of the Eastern Suburbs rugby union club committee. Castles died in Cronulla, New South Wales in 1987, aged 80.