Ron Stanton
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| Full name | Ronald Stanley Stanton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1928 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 2012 (aged 83) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ron Stanton (1928−2012) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. A Queensland representative halfback and a key member of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership-winning Eastern Suburbs side of 1950, he joined the New South Wales Rugby Football League's St. George club for one year in 1952. Towards the end of the season, Stanton suffered a career-ending leg injury and retired from playing.[1] In 1953, he returned to Brisbane to coach the Souths Club at Gordonvale, Queensland.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Courier Mail, Brisbane: Obituary Ronald Stanley Stanton. 12 July 2012
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1956 (ISBN 1875169571
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