| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley McCormick | |||||
| Nickname | Mac | |||||
| Born | 5 July 1927 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
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| Died | 31 December 2004 (aged 77) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Belle Vue Rangers | ||||||
| 1949–54 | St. Helens | 161 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 301 |
| 1954–≥1954 | Warrington | |||||
| Total | 161 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 301 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Lancashire | ||||||
| 1948 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948–49 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1962–64 | St. Helens | |||||
| 1978 | Salford | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Stan 'Mac' McCormick (born 5 July 1927 in Oldham — died 31 December 2004 (aged 77)) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, and '50s, and coach of the 1960s and '70s, who at representaive level played for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for Belle Vue Rangers, St. Helens, and Warrington, with whom he won the 1953–54 Challenge Cup, playing at Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5. After playing he went on to become the coach for St. Helens, and later for Salford.
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Stan McCormick won caps for England while at Belle Vue Rangers in 1948 against Wales, and France, while at St. Helens in 1949 against Wales, and France, in 1951 against Wales, in 1953 against France (2 matches), and Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Belle Vue Rangers in 1948 against Australia (2 matches); and while at St. Helens in 1949 against Australia.[1]
Stan McCormick also represented Great Britain while at St. Helens between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test matches).[2]
Stan McCormick played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, in Warrington's 4-4 draw with Halifax in the 1953–54 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on the 1st May 1954, and the 18-4 victory in the 1953–54 Challenge Cup final replay at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on the 5th May 1954 in front of a 102,569+ crowd.