# Tom Stankard

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{{Short description|American football and baseball player (1882–1958)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Tom Stankard
|position=[Shortstop](/source/Shortstop)/[Third baseman](/source/Third_baseman)
|image= 
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1882|3|20|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Waltham, Massachusetts](/source/Waltham%2C_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](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 26
|finalyear=1904
|finalteam=[Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.000
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=0
|teams=
*[Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) (1904)
}}
'''Thomas Francis Stankard ''' (March 20, 1882 – June 13, 1958) was an American [football](/source/American_football) and [baseball](/source/baseball) player.  He played [college football](/source/college_football) and baseball at [College of Holy Cross](/source/College_of_Holy_Cross).  In 1903, he compiled a .412 batting average for the Holy Cross baseball team and was selected by [Walter Camp](/source/Walter_Camp) as a third-team halfback on his [1903 College Football All-America Team](/source/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](/source/Major_League_Baseball) with the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/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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Category:1882 births
Category:1958 deaths
Category:Major League Baseball infielders
Category:Baseball players from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players
Category:Jersey City Skeeters players
Category:Springfield Ponies players
Category:Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players
Category:Brockton Shoemakers players
Category:New Britain Perfectos players
Category:Waterbury Champs players
Category:Holyoke Papermakers players
Category:Meriden Hopes players
Category:Players of American football from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:Montpelier-Barre players
Category:Holy Cross Crusaders football players
Category:Holy Cross Crusaders baseball players
Category:Sportspeople from Waltham, Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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