| Reverend Father Stanton | |
| Position: | Coach |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Coaching Team2: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| Coaching Years2: | 1913 |
| Coaching Team1: | University of Ottawa |
| Coaching Years1: | 1900s–1915 |
Reverend Father William J. Stanton (July 1, 1880 – January 1, 1937) was a Canadian football coach and missionary. He was the head coach of multiple of the Ottawa Gee-Gees teams from the 1900s to 1915 and the head coach of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1913.[1] [2] He was considered to be one of the greatest Canadian rugby coaches.[3] He retired from coaching in 1915 to become a missionary.[4] Canadian Football Hall of Famer Mike Rodden described him as "The Knute Rockne of his time".[5] He died on January 1, 1937, in a car accident.[6] [7] He was inducted into the Ottawa Gee-Gees Hall of Fame in 1973.[8]