Showing posts with label Stettler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stettler. Show all posts

Monday, April 24, 2023

Godfrey Lonsdale Stettler & Rugby League

Get ready to delve into the sporting life of Godfrey Lonsdale Stettler, better known as Gordon or Lon throughout his rugby league career. But why were these his nicknames? It turns out that his father, Godfrey Stettler, was a well-known competitive runner in Parramatta and shared the same name as his son. Godfrey Jr.'s father also played grade cricket and rugby for the Parramatta football team back in the day when there was no rugby league competition.


Thursday, March 25, 2021

William Stettler in the Aust. National Archives

  Recently we decided to head to Canberra to see a fabulous art exhibition that included Van Gogh's Sunflowers.  What a fabulous painting it is, it illuminates the room!  At the same time I wanted to find out why William Stettler was court marshalled in WW2.