Please answer the following question: Facts:   - position: centre half forward    - years: 1898-1899    - death date: 4 december 1903    - nickname: sailor      - birth date: 2 december 1878    - fullname: stanley arthur malin    - name: stan malin    - image: stan_malin_1895 . png   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stan malin .
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stanley ` stan ' malin was an australian rules footballer who played with port adelaide in the sanfl .malin usually played across the half forward line or in the centre and played for port adelaide in 1898 and 1899 .he won the magarey medal in 1899 , making him the first port adelaide player to ever win the award .in 1900 he left the club and moved to sydney in order to study medicine .at the age of 25 he died after a brief illness in 1903 .