Frank Stanton (rugby league)

Frank Stanton (born 7 February 1940 in St Leonards, New South Wales), also known by the nickname of "Biscuits",^[3] is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and was a successful club and national representative coach in the 1970s and 1980s. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.^[4] Both his playing and his club coaching careers were with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, although he later also went on to coach the Balmain Tigers and North Sydney Bears. He enjoyed success as coach of the Australian national side from 1978 to 1984, being at the helm in the period when the Kangaroos began to consistently dominate the other rugby league playing nations. Since the death of Norm Provan on 13 October 2021, Stanton is both the oldest and earliest winning of all the living premiership winning coaches.

Player

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A local Manly junior graded from the

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Coach

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After retiring as a player at the end of the

Stanton was the chief executive of the Manly club from the late 1980s through to the mid-1990s. He was also the interim chief executive of the Melbourne Storm for a period from 2004 to 2006, and was a board director of the Storm as well.

In 2010, Stanton was temporarily re-appointed as Storm caretaker-CEO following the sacking of Matt Hanson in the wake of the Storm's salary cap scandal. He remained in this role for three months until Ron Gauci took over.

After his season with Redcliffe in 1980, Stanton then shifted to Balmain to coach the Tigers from 1981 until 1986, during which they won the mid-week Panasonic Cup in 1985. From 1987 to 1989, he coached North Sydney and in 1978, 1979, 1982, and 1984 he coached both the NSW State of Origin and the City teams.

References

Sources

• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brian Norton 1985–1986	Coach North Sydney 1987–1989	Succeeded by Steve Martin 1990–1992
Preceded by Arthur Beetson 1983	Coach Australia 1984	Succeeded by Terry Fearnley 1985
Preceded by Ted Glossop 1983	Coach New South Wales State of Origin 1984	Succeeded by Terry Fearnley 1985
Preceded by Ted Glossop 1980-1981	Coach New South Wales State of Origin 1982	Succeeded by Ted Glossop 1983
Preceded by Dennis Tutty 1980	Coach Balmain Tigers 1981–1986	Succeeded by Bill Anderson 1987
Preceded by Ron Willey 1970–1974	Coach Manly-Warringah 1975–1979	Succeeded by Allan Thomson 1980
Preceded by Terry Fearnley 1977	Coach Australia 1978–1982	Succeeded by Arthur Beetson 1983
Preceded by Graeme Langlands 1973-1977	Coach New South Wales State of Origin 1978–1979	Succeeded by Ted Glossop 1980-1981