Tony Paskins

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Tony Paskins
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Paskins
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1948–55	Workington Town	247	99	71	0	439
1955–58	Eastern Suburbs	54	12	105	0	246
1958–63	Oberon
1963–64	Manly-Warringah		0	4	0	8
	Total	301	111	180	0	693
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1948–55	Other Nationalities	11	2	0	0	6
1954	Rugby League XIII
1957	British Empire
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1963	Manly-Warringah	18	7	0	11	39
1973	Eastern Suburbs	22	12	0	10	55
	Total	40	19	0	21	48

Tony Paskins was a rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and English Rugby Football League (RFL) competition as well as playing rugby union for the Randwick club in Sydney.

Paskin was recruited from Sydney’s Randwick Rugby union club by English rugby league club Workington Town where he won a Challenge Cup, helping his side defeat Featherstone Rovers in the final.^[1] He was a representative of Other Nationalities against English national sides.

A goal kicking three-quarter back, Paskin returned to Australia, along with fellow Australian and Workington Town team mate Rupert Mudge in 1955. Paskin was named captain of Eastern Suburbs side, playing 54 matches for the club in the years (1955–58). After leaving Easts he enjoyed success with the local Oberon side in rural New South Wales. In 1961 he was named as the captain of the Country New South Wales rugby league team and the following year captained New South Wales gainst the touring Great Britain national rugby league team. Paskin returned to the NSWRL in 1963 where he spent a season as joint captain and coach of the Manly-Warringah club.

Paskins moved to Forster, New South Wales in 1967 and took over as captain-coach of the Hawks in 1968. He guided the side to premierships in that year, the 1969 grand final and 1970.^[2]

Paskin coached the Eastern Suburbs club in the 1973 season.

References

↑ AAP (London) (21 April 1952). "Australians star in Cup Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
↑ "Legends enter rugby hall of fame". Great Lakes Advocate. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles coaches

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Ray Stehr (1947–48)
George Mullins (1949)
Wally O'Connell (1950–52)
Roy Bull (1953)
Ray Norman (1954)
Pat Devery (1955–56)
Ken Arthurson (1957–61)
Ron Willey (1962)
Tony Paskins (1963)
Russell Pepperell (1964–65)
Wally O'Connell (1966–67)
George Hunter (1968–69)
Ron Willey (1970–74)
Frank Stanton (1975–79)
Allan Thomson (1980)
Ray Ritchie (1981–82)
Bob Fulton (1983–88)
Alan Thompson (1989)
Graham Lowe (1990–92)
Bob Fulton (1993–99)
Peter Sharp (1999)
Peter Sharp (2003)
Des Hasler (2004–11)
Geoff Toovey (2012–present)

Persondata
Name	Paskins, Tony
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby union player and rugby league player and coach
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