Stan Magro (born 28 July 1954) is a former

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footballer who played with the

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in the

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. He also played for South Fremantle and

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in the WAFL. Remembered as one of the game's finest tacklers, Magro played in three losing

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over six seasons for the Magpies, including the 1977 draw & 1979 thriller. After retiring from playing football, he began a career in coaching. Initially he coached South Fremantle for four seasons and then East Perth for two in the WAFL before becoming an assistant coach for Collingwood. He then moved back to Western Australia to become an assistant coach for

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fr ...

, who sacked him in 1998 when

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replaced

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as senior coach. In 2005 Magro sued three directors of the club, Gerard McNeill, David Hatt and Ross Kelly and the club itself for $200,000 in lost earnings and damages. He was awarded $43,000 by the courts, but this was later overturned on appeal, although an undisclosed

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was paid. Magro returned to WAFL coaching in 2001, leading the

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for five seasons. Between 2010 and 2012, Magro was the coach of

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in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Magro, Stan Living people 1954 births South Fremantle Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players East Perth Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club coaches East Perth Football Club coaches Perth Football Club coaches Western Australian State of Origin players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia