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David Jones (footballer, born 1955)

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Years
  
Team

Name
  
David Jones

1977-1978
  
West Adelaide


1976
  
Tricolore

1970-1975
  
Kwinana

Role
  
Soccer player

Date of birth
  
(1955-04-01) 1 April 1955 (age 60)

Place of birth
  
Fremantle, Western Australia , Australia

David Jones (born 1 April 1955 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is an Australian former soccer player and coach.

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Club career

Jones played his junior soccer for Kwinana before graduating to the senior team in 1970. He remained at Kwinana until the end of the 1975 season. In 1976 Jones played for East Fremantle Tricolore. For the first year of the National Soccer League in 1977 he played for West Adelaide, playing three seasons in South Australia including a season for Adelaide City. He later had playing stints for Preston Makedonia and Perth Azzurri.

State career

Jones represented Western Australia 24 times, winning two Marah Halim Cup championships.

International career

In 1975 Jones made his debut for Australia against Singapore in Singapore. He played a total of five full international matches for the Socceroos, the last being a match against Greece in Adelaide in July 1978.

Coaching career

In 1994 Jones was head coach at Croydon City in the Victorian State League.

Individual

  • Gold Medal (Best and Fairest player in WA State League): 1975
  • Football Hall of Fame Western Australia inductee: 1996
  • State

    Western Australia

  • Marah Halim Cup Winner: 1975, 1976
  • Club

    East Fremantle Tricolore

  • D'Orsogna Cup: 1976
  • References

    David Jones (footballer, born 1955) Wikipedia