Malcolm Clift
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Full name | Malcolm Douglas Clift | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1936-10-31) 31 October 1936 (age 87) Canterbury, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 25 October 2019 |
Malcolm Clift (born 31 October 1936) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and former coach of Canterbury-Bankstown, Leeds and the Gold Coast Seagulls.[2]
Background
Clift was born in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia.
Career
Clift began his career at Canterbury-Bankstown as a centre. In 1960 he had his last playing season, and started coaching. He coached Canterbury-Bankstown to the 1974 Grand Final, which the club lost against Eastern Suburbs. Clift stopped coaching for a period between 1977 and 1982. In 1985, he coached English side Leeds, but left after one season.
Clift later coached the Gold Coast Seagulls .[3] He retired in 1991 after coaching for one season at the Gold Coast. That year, the club endured a horror year on the field, only winning two matches and finished last with the Wooden Spoon.
After his retirement, Clift assisted Chris Anderson with his coaching term.[4][5]
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Preceded by Bob McCarthy 1988-1990 | Coach![]() Gold Coast Seagulls 1991 | Succeeded by Wally Lewis 1992-1993 |
Preceded by Maurice Bamford 1986-1988 | Coach![]() Leeds 1985 | Succeeded by Peter Fox 1985-1986 |
Preceded by Bob Hagan 1971-1972 | Coach![]() Canterbury-Bankstown 1973-1977 | Succeeded by Ted Glossop 1978-1983 |
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
References
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- Joe Warham (1958–62)
- Roy Francis (1963–69)
- Joe Warham (1969–70)
- Derek Turner (1970–73)
- Eric Ashton (1973–74)
- John Sheridan 1974
- Roy Francis (1974–75)
- Syd Hynes (1975–81)
- Robin Dewhurst (1981–83)
- Maurice Bamford (1983–85)
- Malcolm Clift (1985)
- Peter Fox (1985–86)
- Maurice Bamford (1986–88)
- Mal Reilly (1988–89)
- David Ward (1989–91)
- Doug Laughton (1991–95)
- Dean Bell (1995–97)
- Graham Murray (1997–99)
- Dean Lance (1999–2001)
- Daryl Powell (2001–03)
- Tony Smith (2003–07)
- Brian McClennan (2007–10)
- Brian McDermott (2010–18)
- James Lowes (2018)
- David Furner (2018–19)
- Richard Agar (2019–22)
- Jamie Jones-Buchanan (2022)
- Rohan Smith (2022–24)
- Chev Walker/Scott Grix (interim) (2024)
- Brad Arthur (2024-)
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