Hank Stanton

Hank Stanton
Arizona Wildcats – No. 42
PositionEnd
Personal information
Born:August 24, 1920
Died:March 11, 1975 (age 54)
Phoenix, Arizona
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
CollegeArizona (1939–1941)
New York Yankees (1946–1947)
High schoolHaskell (TX) & Clifton High School (AZ)
Career highlights and awards
NCAA receiving leader (1941)
NCAA single-season record, 820 rec. yds. (1941–1951)
NCAA single-season record, 50 rec. (1941–1947)

Henry R. Stanton (August 24, 1920 – March 11, 1975) was an American football player. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats football team from 1939 to 1941 and professional football for the New York Yankees from 1946 to 1947.[1] In 1941, he set two NCAA receiving records with 50 receptions and 820 receiving yards in a single season.[2][3] He later served as an ends coach at the University of Arizona, retiring from that position in 1955 to take a job with the sales department of the Arizona Portland Cement Co. in Phoenix.[4]

  1. ^ "Hank Stanton". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia (2005), p. 1183.
  3. ^ Anthony Gimino (October 15, 2012). "You can count on them: Arizona Wildcats' best football players by jersey number". Tucson Citizen.
  4. ^ "Hank Stanton Resigns As Cats' End Coach". Prescott Evening Courier. April 20, 1955. p. 6.