Thomas Francis Stankard (March 20, 1882 – June 13, 1958) was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and baseball at the College of the Holy Cross. In 1903, he compiled a .412 batting average for the Holy Cross baseball team and was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team halfback on his 1903 College Football All-America Team.[1][2] In July 1904, he appeared in two games in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, compiling no hits in two plate appearances.[3] He also played 11 seasons and more than 1,000 games as a first and second baseman in minor league baseball from 1904 to 1914, including stints with the Springfield Ponies (1906–08, 1913–14), Denver Grizzlies (1909) and Holyoke Papermakers (1912).[4]
References
- ↑"Thomas Stankard Is Famous At College". The Pittsburgh Press. December 11, 1903. p. 1.
- ↑"Walter Camp Names All American Team". The Trenton Times. December 10, 1903.
- ↑"Tom Stankard". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- ↑"Tom Stankard Minor League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- 1882 births
- 1958 deaths
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Baseball players from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Jersey City Skeeters players
- Springfield Ponies players
- Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players
- Brockton Shoemakers players
- New Britain Perfectos players
- Waterbury Champs players
- Holyoke Papermakers players
- Meriden Hopes players
- Players of American football from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Montpelier-Barre players
- Holy Cross Crusaders football players
- Holy Cross Crusaders baseball players
- Sportspeople from Waltham, Massachusetts
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- College of the Holy Cross alumni