Colin Kitching
Australian soccer player
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Full name | Colin Kitching | ||
Date of birth | (1933-11-11)11 November 1933 | ||
Date of death | 12 March 2022(2022-03-12) (aged 88) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1956 | Australia | 3 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2016 |
Colin Kitching (11 November 1933 – 12 March 2022) was an Australian soccer player.[1][2]
Kitching played club football in Queensland, firstly in Ipswich at Bundamba, Blackstone United, and St Helens United before moving to Brisbane when he joined Hellenic. He won Queensland premierships 5 times: in 1953 with Blackstone United, in 1955 and 1957 with Bundamba, and in 1960 and 1963 with Hellenic. Kitching died in March 2022.[3]
Kitching was a member of the Australian team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Australian Player Database – KI". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "Colin Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Vale Colin Kitching". Football Australia. 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Australia squad – 1956 Olympic Football Tournament". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
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Australia football squad – 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1 Henderson
- 2 Lord
- 3 Kitching
- 4 Stone
- 5 Smith
- 6 Arthur
- 7 Harburn
- 8 Warren
- 9 Rattray
- 10 Beattie
- 11 Bignall (c)
- 12 Pettigrew
- 13 Loughran
- 14 Wemyss
- 15 Lennard
- 16 Vogler
- 17 Morrow
- 18 Purser
- 19 McMillan
- 20 Sander
- Coach: Telfer
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