Tony Paskins (5 December 1927 – 15 August 2019) was an Australian

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footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and English

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(RFL) competitions as well as playing

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for the Randwick club in Sydney.

Playing career

Paskins was recruited from Sydney's Randwick rugby union club by English rugby league club Workington Town. Tony Paskins played right- in Workington Town's 18–10 victory over

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in the 1951–52 Challenge Cup Final d at

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on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093. He was a founder member of Other Nationalities against English national sides playing in the first Other Nationalities game in 1949. Tony Paskins played right- and kicked three- conversions in Workington Town's 12–21 defeat by

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in the

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Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 30 April 1955, in front of a crowd of 66,513. A

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kicking three-quarter back, Paskins returned to Australia, along with fellow Australian and Workington Town teammate 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

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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

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against the touring

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although he was never selected to play for the Australian national team.

Coaching career

Paskins 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 Forster Tuncurry Hawks in 1968. He guided the side to premierships in that year, the 1969 grand final and 1970. Tony Paskins coached the Sydney Roosters club in the

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» Legends Evening 50'sFrance defeated in 'Battle of the Boulevard'Floodlit feast at Odsal'It’s about time too'30 April 1955 Photograph of Workington Town
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