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Full name | Malcolm Douglas Clift | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Canterbury, New South Wales | 31 October 1936||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Clift was born in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia.
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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