Brian Stanton (born 7 February 1956) is an English former professional

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who played in the Football League for

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, 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

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

, 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

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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

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, 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 hree of four goalsin the game against local rivals

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in a 6–3 win on 1 January 1983.

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1956 births Living people English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football midfielders Bury F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Footballers from Liverpool Colne Dynamoes F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub