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Don W. Parish is an Australian former rugby league football player and coach. A goal-kicking fullback or three-quarter, he represented Australia and New South Wales, and played club football in the NSWRFL Premiership for Western Suburbs.
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Playing career
Hailing from the country New South Wales town of Dubbo, Parish played for the Macquarie club, becoming their first international when he was selected to go on the 1959/60 Kangaroo tour.[1][2][3]
Parish started playing first grade in the Sydney premiership for the Western Suburbs club in the 1961 NSWRFL season and that year toured New Zealand with the Australian side. At the end of the season he played at fullback in Wests' loss to St. George in the grand final. The following season Parish was the League's top point-scorer. In 1963 he again played fullback for Wests in another grand final defeat at the hands of St George. Parish's last season playing for Wests was 1967.
Coaching career
Following his retirement from the playing field, Parish coached on the Southern New South Wales coast, taking the Illawarra Rugby League's Western Suburbs club to premierships in 1969 and 1970, as well as coaching the Illawarra group team to victory in the Country Divisional Championship.[4]
At the end of the 1971 NSWRFL season Parish was appointed to take over from Ron Watson as Western Suburbs' first grade coach. He coached the club until 1976, moving to Penrith in 1977. Half-way through the 1978 NSWRFL season, Len Stacker was appointed to replace Parish as Penrith head coach at the season's end.[5]
References
- ^ "'Special' weekend promised". Daily Liberal. 7 July 2008. http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/special-weekend-promised/805490.aspx?storypage=0. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ AAP (27 December 1959). "Injuries to Kangaroos change team". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NHdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4461,310660. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Don Parish". Scanlens. http://p1.la-img.com/695/11718/3055751_2_l.jpg.
- ^ Humphries, Rod (27 October 1971). "Wests' nod to Parish". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CplXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xvEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4843,9939173. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ Clarkson, Alan (26 July 1978). "Stacker to coach Penrith next year". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4AtkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2289,8096343. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
External links
- Don Parish at stats.rleague.com
- Don Parish at rugbyleagueproject.org
National Rugby League season top points scorers 1908 Horrie Miller • 1909 Arthur Conlin • 1910–12 Dally Messenger • 1913–14 Harold Horder • 1915 Wally Messenger • 1916–17 Charles Fraser • 1918 Harold Horder • 1919 A McPherson • 1920 Frank Burge • 1921 Rex Norman • 1922 Harold Horder • 1923 Arthur Oxford • 1924 Jack Courtney • 1925 Benny Wearing • 1926 Jack Courtney • 1927 Alf Blair • 1928 Benny Wearing • 1929–30 Jim Craig • 1931 Jack Lynch • 1932 Les Mead • 1933 Syd Christensen • 1934–1935 Dave Brown • 1936 Syd Christensen • 1937 Jack Beaton • 1938 Tom Kirk • 1939 Neville Smith • 1940 Tom Kirk • 1941 Neville Smith • 1942 Ray Lindwall • 1943–1944 Tom Kirk • 1945 Dick Dunn • 1946 Tom Kirk • 1947 Pat Devery • 1948 Jack Lindwall • 1949–50 Bill Keato • 1951–54 Ron Rowles • 1955–56 Doug Fleming • 1957 Darcy Russell • 1958 Harry Bath • 1959 Darcy Russell • 1960 Brian Graham • 1961 Bob Landers • 1962 Don Parish • 1963–65 Fred Griffiths • 1966 Bob Lanigan • 1967–70 Eric Simms • 1971 Graeme Langlands • 1972 Allan McKean • 1973 Graeme Langlands • 1974–76 Graham Eadie • 1977–79 Michael Cronin • 1980 Steve Gearin • 1981 Steve Rogers • 1982 Michael Cronin • 1983 Michael Eden • 1984 Steve Gearin • 1985 Michael Cronin • 1986 Terry Lamb • 1987 Ross Conlon • 1988 Gary Belcher • 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford • 1990 Mal Meninga • 1991–94 Daryl Halligan • 1995 Matthew Ridge • 1996 Jason Taylor • 1997 Jason Taylor (ARL) Ryan Girdler (SL) • 1998 Ivan Cleary • 1999 Matt Geyer • 2000 Joel Caine • 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker • 2002–04 Hazem El Masri • 2005 Brett Hodgson • 2006–07 Hazem El Masri • 2008 Luke Covell • 2009 Hazem El Masri • 2010 Michael Gordon • 2011 Benji Marshall
Penrith Panthers coaches Leo Trevena (1967) · Bob Boland (1968–72) · Leo Trevena (1973) · Jack Clare (1974) · Mike Stephenson (1975) · Barry Harris (1975–76) · Don Parish (1977–78) · Len Stacker (1979–81) · John Peard (1982–83) · Tim Sheens (1984–87) · Ron Willey (1988–89) · Phil Gould (1990–94) · Royce Simmons (1994–01) · John Lang (2002–06) · Matthew Elliott (2007–11) Steve Georgallis (2011–present) ·
Categories:- People from Dubbo
- Australian rugby league players
- New South Wales Country rugby league team players
- Western Suburbs Magpies players
- New South Wales City rugby league team players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Western Suburbs Magpies coaches
- Penrith Panthers coaches
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