Len Stacker is an Australian

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footballer who played in the 1960s. He played for

Parramatta Parramatta (; ) is a suburb (Australia), suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is co ...

in the

New South Wales Rugby League The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in rugby league in New South Wales, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Co ...

(NSWRL) competition. He also coached the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

and Western Suburbs in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Playing career

Stacker made his first grade debut for Parramatta in 1966. Parramatta finished 6th on the table and missed out on the finals but Stacker finished as the club's top point scorer with 59 points. In 1967, Parramatta finished in 9th place and Stacker ended the year as the club's highest point scorer for the second year in a row with 89 points. Stacker then joined Northern Suburbs (known now as

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) in the Brisbane rugby league competition. Stacker won the 1969 premiership with Norths.

Coaching career

Stacker's first job as a coach was in the lower grades for Parramatta. Stacker coached Parramatta to the 1977 reserve grade premiership. In 1979, Stacker became head coach at Penrith. Stacker spent 3 turbulent seasons at Penrith with the club finishing last in 1980 and second last in 1981. Stacker was then terminated and replaced by

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. In 1983, Stacker became the head coach at Western Suburbs but only last one season as Wests finished last on the table. Stacker then went on to coach

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and the reserve grade side at Penrith. Between 1995 and 2001, Stacker was assistant coach to head coach

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at the club. In 2007, Stacker became coach of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stacker, Len Living people Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Parramatta Eels players Penrith Panthers coaches Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league wingers Western Suburbs Magpies coaches Year of birth missing (living people)