Socceroo #165 is another to nominate not a club but a school.
John Anderson, former Sth. Melbourne winger learned his footballing skills at Renfrew High on the outskirts of Glasgow, spent 4 years at Stoke before eventually making his way to Melbourne and in 1965 earned his national team call-up as a member of the very first Australian squad to battle for a place in the World Cup finals.
John was the oldest member of the touring squad and one of eleven debutants in Australia's first full international in 7 years, the all important WC qualifier against Nth Korea in Phnom Penh. In all Anderson was capped 5 times, 4 of which were during the 1965 tour.
Welcome aboard John. That's his head at bottom left of the Hellas poster.
John passed away in July 2021, another gone too soon.
John Anderson, former Sth. Melbourne winger learned his footballing skills at Renfrew High on the outskirts of Glasgow, spent 4 years at Stoke before eventually making his way to Melbourne and in 1965 earned his national team call-up as a member of the very first Australian squad to battle for a place in the World Cup finals.
John was the oldest member of the touring squad and one of eleven debutants in Australia's first full international in 7 years, the all important WC qualifier against Nth Korea in Phnom Penh. In all Anderson was capped 5 times, 4 of which were during the 1965 tour.
Welcome aboard John. That's his head at bottom left of the Hellas poster.
John passed away in July 2021, another gone too soon.
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