- David Jones (footballer born 1955)
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David Jones Personal information Date of birth 1 April 1955 Place of birth Fremantle, Western Australia
, AustraliaYouth career Kwinana Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1970-1975 Kwinana 1976 Tricolore 1977-1978 West Adelaide 1980 Adelaide City Preston Makedonia 1984 Perth Azzurri National team 1977-1978 Australia 5 (0) Teams managed 1994 Croydon City * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David Jones (born 1 April 1955 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is an Australian former association football player and coach.
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Playing career
Club career
Jones played his junior football 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.[1]
State career
Jones represented Western Australia 24 times, winning two Marah Halim Cup championships.[2][3][4]
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.[5]
Coaching career
In 1994 Jones was head coach at Croydon City in the Victorian State League.[1]
Honours
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
- ^ a b "Jones, David". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/J/JO.html. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Hall of Champions". FootballWA.net. http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/wasoccer/halloffame/hallofchampions.htm. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Marah Halim Cup (Medan, Indonesia) - 1975". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/marahhalim.html#1975. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Marah Halim Cup (Medan, Indonesia) - 1976". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/marahhalim.html#1976. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains". Football Federation Australia. http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/site/_content/document/00000632-source.pdf. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
Categories:- 1955 births
- Australian soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Living people
- People from Fremantle
- Australian soccer biography stubs
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