- Reg Date
Football player infobox
playername = Reg Date
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currentclub = retired
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position =Striker
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youthclubs =Wallsend
years = 1945-1947
clubs =Canterbury-Bankstown
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ntupdate =Reg Date was an
Australia nfootball (soccer) international and prolific goalscorer who plied his trade after theSecond World War .Date went to
Plattsburg Public School inWallsend who he first turned out for, attracting the attention of scouts ofCanterbury-Bankstown in the state league. In time he was coached by the greatAlf Quill ,Wallsend's legendary goalscorer of the inter-War years. At his peak Date was a prolific goal scorer forCanterbury-Bankstown in theNew South Wales Division 1 , earning state and international recognition and captaining Australia for a single game onMay 31 ,1947 against South Africa. That game formed part of a five-game home series against that nation; Date scoring 8 goals. (He scored another 3 in two warm-up matches for the 'B' side prior to the official tour. There was consternation when Date, for whatever reason, was not selected on international tours ofNew Zealand in1948 and, most surprisingly,South Africa in1950 but he did score in a representative match on the national side's return from the Cape forNew South Wales against Australia on SaturdaySeptember 2 ,1950 and did appear for the 'B' side in the famous 0-17 defeat to an English XI onJune 30 ,1951 .In
2000 he was selected as a member of the Australian team of the century by respondents to arsssf.com vote, beatingFrank Farina into second place for the number 10 shirt.External links
[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/aus-century.html] [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1947A.html]
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