sentences:  He made two state appearances for New South Wales and was honoured with national selection for the 1963 Kangaroo tour.He appeared in 18 minor matches on tour and did not play in any Tests with the Australian selectors at the time having a wealth of three-quarter talent available in Graeme Langlands, Reg Gasnier, Peter Dimond, Michael Cleary, Ken Irvine and Les Johns.After retiring as a player at the end of the 1969 season, Stanton became the Sea Eagles Reserve Grade coach in 1971, leading the team to the Reserve Grade Premiership in 1973.