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{{short description|Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name             = Arthur Patton
|fullname         = Arthur William Patton
|image            = Arthur Patton 1947.jpg
|caption          = Patton 1947
|birth_date       = {{birth date|1916|10|20|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Figtree, New South Wales|Figtree]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
|death_date       = {{death date and age|1990|04|20|1916|10|20|df=y}}
|death_place      = [[Leichhardt, New South Wales|Leichhardt]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
|retired          = yes
|position         = {{rlp|WG}}
|club1            = [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]]
|year1start       = 1937
|year1end         = 48
|appearances1     = 117
|tries1           = 95
|goals1           = 9
|fieldgoals1      = 0
|points1          = 303
|teamA               = [[New South Wales Country rugby league team|NSW Country]]
|yearAstart          = 1939
|yearAend            = 
|appearancesA        = 1
|triesA              = 0
|goalsA              = 0
|fieldgoalsA         = 0
|pointsA             = 0
|teamB               = [[New South Wales City rugby league team|NSW City]]
|yearBstart          = 1944
|yearBend            = 
|appearancesB        = 1
|triesB              = 0
|goalsB              = 0
|fieldgoalsB         = 0
|pointsB             = 0
|coachteam1          = [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]]
|coachyear1start     = 1952
|coachyear1end       = 53
|coachgames1         = 36
|coachwins1          = 15
|coachdraws1         = 0
|coachlosses1        = 21
|source              = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/arthur-patton/summary.html|title=Arthur Patton - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
}}

'''Arthur William Patton''' (1916–1990) was an Australian [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and later became a coach and administrator. His playing, coaching & administrative career was the [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]] club in Sydney.

==Career==
Originally from [[Figtree, New South Wales]], Patton was a flying winger and prolific try scorer who played twelve seasons for the [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]] club between 1937 and 1948.  

He was the first player in the club's history to score more than 100 tries (in all grades). He was also a top class sprinter during the late 1930s, and placed third in the [[Stawell Gift]] in 1937.<ref>illawarra Mercury 18/3/1938 "R.L. Winger as Stawell Aspirant"</ref> He also competed in the race in 1938 and 1939.

Patton won three premierships with [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]] : [[1944 NSWRFL season|1944]] (as captain), [[1946 NSWRFL season|1946]] and [[1947 NSWRFL season|1947]]. He is regarded as one of the greatest ever [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]] players.

==Post playing==
Patton coached [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]] in 1952 and 1953, and later became the Balmain Club Secretary in 1973.<ref>Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}})</ref>

==Death==
Patton died of cancer on 20 April 1990 aged 73.<ref>Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 21/4/1990</ref>

==Accolades==
In 2007, Patton was named in the Balmain team of the century.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Succession box
| before = [[Jim Duckworth (rugby league)|Jim Duckworth]]<br>1951
| after  = {{nowrap|[[Norm Robinson]]}}<br>1954–1956
| title  = Coach<br>{{leagueicon|balmain tigers|size=18}}<br>[[Balmain Tigers]]
| years  = 1952–1953
}}
{{S-end}}

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:1947 Balmain.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Patton standing 3rd from left in the Tigers 1947 premiership side]] -->

{{Balmain Tigers Team of the Century}}
{{Balmain squad - 1944 NSWRFL premiers}}
{{Balmain Tigers squad 1946 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{Balmain Tigers squad 1947 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{Balmain Tigers head coaches}}
{{NRL Scored 5 Tries}}

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[[Category:1916 births]]
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[[Category:Country New South Wales rugby league team players]]
[[Category:Rugby league players from Wollongong]]
[[Category:Rugby league wingers]]

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