He, like others to follow, counts Canterbury JSC as his GrassRoots club. Lees park nestles between the Coks River and the Canterbury race track and was a hotbed of talent for years to come.
Welcome aboard Dennis.
Socceroo #217 is Dennis Yaeger a member of the 1970 Socceroos touring party. Yaegs made his international debut at, of all places, the mighty Azteca Stadium against Mexico, not long after the hugely popular '70 World Cup.
He, like others to follow, counts Canterbury JSC as his GrassRoots club. Lees park nestles between the Coks River and the Canterbury race track and was a hotbed of talent for years to come. Welcome aboard Dennis.
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Peter Fuzes
4/13/2021 08:48:02 am
Should have had many more caps
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the authorGreg Werner began playing in 1965, with the GrassRoots club of Socceroo skipper Murray Barnes, a change of suburb at age 6 and a new club, one that would become the GrassRoots club of Rob Wheatley & after a 27 year hiatus came back to playing with the GrassRoots club of Socceroos Steve Perry, Richie Bell, Chris Iconomidis & Matilda, Justine Fisher, one could say that the links with the NT are ingrained.
At age 55, when his body gave up on playing, he took up the whistle to stay actively involved. In November of 2014 he created the GFP on Facebook to fill the void left by those in control of the game & in January 2016 launched this website. |