Malcolm Clift


Malcolm Clift is an Australian former rugby league footballer and former coach of Canterbury-Bankstown, Leeds and the Gold Coast Seagulls.

Background

Clift was born in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia.

Career

Clift began his career at Canterbury-Bankstown as a center. In 1960 he had his last playing season, and started coaching. Briefly, Clift stopped coaching between 1977 and 1982. He coached Canterbury-Bankstown to the 1974 Grand Final which the club lost against Eastern Suburbs. In 1985, Clift coached English side Leeds but left after one season.
He later coached the Gold Coast Seagulls. Clift retired in 1991 after coaching one season of at the Gold Coast. That year, the club endured a horror year on the field only winning 2 matches and finished last with the Wooden Spoon.
After his retirement, he assisted Chris Anderson with his coaching term.