Researching Brian Stanton
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The name Brian means "Strong" and is of Celtic origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Brian Stanton and the Stanton Family History
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Brian Stanton (footballer)
Brian Stanton (born 7 February 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Huddersfield Town, Wrexham and Rochdale.
Before becoming professional he was an amateur footballer in the local Liverpool leagues and also played a number of games for New Brighton. In November 1975 he joined Bury on amateur forms, for whom he later signed professional forms in March 1976 at the age of 20, following the conclusion of his engineering apprenticeship. An energetic and hardworking midfielder for Bury, Huddersfield Town (Wrexham on loan for one month in 85/86 season) and Rochdale. He also had a short period at the then non-league Morecambe before going back to the professional ranks for a couple of seasons with Rochdale until 1988 when he was released by manager Eddie Gray. Having left Rochdale he later had a couple of seasons with Colne Dynamoes.
According to the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, although not confirmed, he is widely believed to hold the record for the fastest hat-trick (6mins) for a player that isn't a striker [three of four goals] in the game against local rivals Bradford City in a 6–3 win on 1 January 1983.
Source: Brian Stanton (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBrian Stanton (high jumper)
Brian E. Stanton (born February 19, 1961, in Los Angeles, California) is an American high jumper. He represented his home country in the 1988 Olympics where he finished 11th in the final, jumping 2.31m. He also jumped his personal record of 2.34m that same year.
In March 1996, then age 35, he jumped 2.20m at the Long Beach Relays, a mark which is superior to the listed American masters M35 record of 2.15m by Jim Barrineau. Stanton's mark has never been ratified. His mark was equaled by Doug Nordquist on the same track three months later, also never ratified, and Charles Austin improved upon that indoors seven years later, also never ratified.
Source: Brian Stanton (high jumper), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stanton
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