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Vale Anton Boskovic

Football Australia is saddened to hear the news of the passing of Hall of Fame Member and respected referee Anton “Tony” Boskovic. Born in Blato, Croatia, Boskovic emigrated to Australia in 1955 where he resided in NSW. Boskovic quickly rose through the referee ranks in NSW

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Vale Colin Kitching

Football Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of Socceroo cap # 133 and Melbourne Olympian, Colin Kitching. One of the famous Kitching clan from Ipswich in Queensland, Colin rose to prominence as an 18-year-old in 1952 when he netted more than 50 goals over the season

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Vale John Dimtsis

Football Australia is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Director John Dimtsis. The Football Victoria Hall of Fame member and Heidelberg United FC legend passed away on Tuesday evening after a long battle with illness. John was born in Greece and came to A

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Vale Jim Milisavljevic

Football Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of 1974 FIFA World Cup squad member Dragoljub 'Jim' Milisavljevic. Jim was born in Melbourne in 1951, a year after his parents had migrated from Yugoslavia. He rose through the ranks at Footscray JUST, before graduating

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Vale Cliff Sander

Football Australia is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Hall of Famer, Cliff Sander. Sander was born in Ipswich in 1932 and played 21 times for Australia and also starred on the local scene in Queensland. Sander experienced state premiership success very early in hi

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Vale Donato 'Don' Di Fabrizio

Football Australia is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Hall of Famer, Donato 'Don' Di Fabrizio OAM. Di Fabrizio was born in 1933 and migrated to Australia from Italy in 1954, becoming involved with the Morwell Falcons in the 1960s. After his son Steven joined the

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Vale Des Miles

Football Australia is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former National Soccer League (NSL) and FIFA referee Des Miles. A Premiership-winning player with local club Mitchelton FC in 1959, Des became a referee in 1961 and was a member of the Referees Federation Managem

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Vale John Economos

Football Australia is deeply saddened to hear of the unfortunate passing of Hall of Fame Inductee and one of the nation’s final leading and veteran journalists, John Economos. Anyone that had the pleasure of meeting and working with John knew that he had his own amazing and un