{{Short description|American football and baseball player (1882–1958)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Tom Stankard |position=Shortstop/Third baseman |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1882|3|20|mf=y}} |birth_place=Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1958|6|13|1882|3|20}} |death_place=Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 2 |debutyear=1904 |debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 26 |finalyear=1904 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.000 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=0 |teams= *Pittsburgh Pirates (1904) }} '''Thomas Francis Stankard ''' (March 20, 1882 – June 13, 1958) was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and baseball at College of 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas Stankard Is Famous At College|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=December 11, 1903|page=1|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19031211&id=aBUbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5938,2924212}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Walter Camp Names All American Team|work=The Trenton Times|date=1903-12-10}}</ref> In July 1904, he appeared in two games in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, compiling no hits in two plate appearances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Stankard|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stankto01.shtml|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Stankard Minor League Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=stanka001tho}}</ref>
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