Colin Curran
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Colin John Curran | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1964–1965 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966 | Adamstown Rosebuds | ||
1971 | Marconi | ||
1972 | Adamstown Rosebuds | ||
1974 | Western Suburbs SC | ||
1977 | Western Suburbs SC | 26 | (2) |
1978 | Newcastle KB United | 26 | (3) |
International career | |||
1970–1979 | Australia | 34 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Colin John Curran (born 21 August 1947)[1] is a former football (soccer) defender. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 34 times between 1970 and 1979. He scored Australia's first goal in the World Cup, unfortunately an own goal, against East Germany.
References
- ^ Match report, including date of birth
External links
- Colin Curran at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Australian soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- Newcastle KB United players
- Association football defenders
- Australian soccer biography stubs