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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

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Vale Bill Vrolyks OAM

Football Australia is saddened to learn of the passing of Football Australia Hall of Famer, Bill Vrolyks OAM.

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Vale John Anderson and George Haniotis

Football Australia is deeply saddened to have learned of the passing of Socceroo #165, John Anderson, and Socceroo #359, George Haniotis. Born in Johnstone, Scotland, Anderson arrived in Melbourne as a mature 27-year-old with much to offer a club keen to establish itself as t

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Vale Bill Mahoney

Football Australia is saddened to hear news of the passing of Socceroo number 141, Bill Mahoney. At the age of 19, Bill was included in the Australian squad to tour South Africa in 1950 as back-up goalkeeper to Norman Conquest.

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Vale Alan Garside

Football Australia is saddened to learn of the passing of Socceroo number 148, Alan Garside. Garside passed away peacefully on the evening of Sunday, 23 May 2021 surrounded by his four children. Garside, a prolific striker, made his ‘A’ international debut against South Afr

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Vale Joe O’Connor

It is with great sadness that Football Australia has learned of the passing of one of the earliest advocates of women’s football in Australia, Joe O’Connor. O’Connor passed away in his adopted hometown of Perth at the age of 88. After emigrating to Australia in 1963 with