Peter Doyle (soccer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Doyle | ||
Place of birth | Australia | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1918–? | Adamstown | ||
International career | |||
1922–1923 | Australia | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Doyle was a former Australian professional soccer player who played as a half-back for Newcastle clubs and the Australia national soccer team.
Club career
[edit]Doyle played with Adamstown, winning the 1920 Northern NSW Premiership, and won a Gardiner Cup in 1925 as captain.[1] He became the first Adamstown player to represent Australia and first to captain the NSW representative team. He played against Canada and the England XI team as captain.[2]
International career
[edit]Doyle appeared in all three Australia international matches in 1922, including one extra match against New Zealand in 1923.[3][4]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Australia | 1922 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1923 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.
- ^ "Rosebud Hall of Fame". Adamstown Rosebud.
- ^ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- ^ "Newcastle's links to Socceroos celebrated in new Encyclopedia of every national team player". Northern NSW Football. Football Federation Australia. 23 May 2018.