Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942 – 8 January 2006) was a British Labour Party politician, who was a member of parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2005, before being made a Member of the House of Lords. In government, he served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. He was well known in the House of Commons for his acid tongue.
Career
Banks was born at Jubilee Maternity Hospital, Belfast, the only son and elder child of Albert Herbert Banks, a sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps, who before the Second World War had been a toolmaker, and his wife, Olive Irene (Rene), née Rusca. The family returned to England after the birth and he grew up in Brixton and Tooting. He was educated in London at St. John's School, Brixton, Tenison's School in Kennington, the University of York and the London School of Economics.
Banks worked as an assistant general secretary for the Association of Broadcasting Staff union, which represented staff in the BBC and other broadcasting organisations. It later merged with other unions to form BECTU. For several years Banks was responsible for freelances.
Banks played right field for the Minnesota Twins' Class A team in Ft. Myers, Florida, before enrolling at San Diego Mesa College in San Diego. He played there two years before transferring to Michigan State University.
Banks places among the all-time record holders at Michigan State. He ranks sixth in passing completion percentage, tenth in career passing yards, and tenth in passing touchdowns. Banks was the first quarterback selected in the 1996 NFL Draft.
In the October 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated, former NFL agent Josh Luchs alleges that he paid Banks 'several hundred dollars a month', while Banks was at Michigan State, a serious violation of NCAA eligibility rules if true.
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