Much of the joy in undertaking the GFP has been in uncovering the stories of those who played only fleetingly for the national team and one such player is today's nominator, Socceroo #202, Ted de Lyster.
Ted's place in Australian footballer history is guaranteed in so far as he is the first Dutch born player to rise through the ranks and represent his adopted country.
Ted has nominated Den Haag as his GrassRoots club. The club from Zuider Park was home AND school to Ted from the age of 6 to 14 when he came to Adelaide. School at Den Haag ran from 8-2 then it was training five days a week. That regime led Ted to playing 1st Grade with Sturt Oranje as a 14yr old, impressive.
He made his Socceroo debut during the famous Friendship Tournament in Vietnam in 1967, a tournament that gave us Abonyi, Baartz, Schaeffer & Richards amongst so many others and his appearance off the bench against Indonesia was his one and only, but as I said, his place in the history of our game was assured from that moment.
Ted's place in Australian footballer history is guaranteed in so far as he is the first Dutch born player to rise through the ranks and represent his adopted country.
Ted has nominated Den Haag as his GrassRoots club. The club from Zuider Park was home AND school to Ted from the age of 6 to 14 when he came to Adelaide. School at Den Haag ran from 8-2 then it was training five days a week. That regime led Ted to playing 1st Grade with Sturt Oranje as a 14yr old, impressive.
He made his Socceroo debut during the famous Friendship Tournament in Vietnam in 1967, a tournament that gave us Abonyi, Baartz, Schaeffer & Richards amongst so many others and his appearance off the bench against Indonesia was his one and only, but as I said, his place in the history of our game was assured from that moment.
Much of the joy in undertaking the GFP has been in uncovering the stories of those who played only fleetingly for the national team and one such player is today's nominator, Socceroo #202, Ted de Lyster.
Ted's place in Australian footballer history is guaranteed in so far as he is the first Dutch born player to rise through the ranks and represent his adopted country.
Ted has nominated Den Haag as his GrassRoots club. The club from Zuider Park was home AND school to Ted from the age of 6 to 14 when he came to Adelaide. School at Den Haag ran from 8-2 then it was training five days a week. That regime led Ted to playing 1st Grade with Sturt Oranje as a 14yr old, impressive.
He made his Socceroo debut during the famous Friendship Tournament in Vietnam in 1967, a tournament that gave us Abonyi, Baartz, Schaeffer & Richards amongst so many others and his appearance off the bench against Indonesia was his one and only, but as I said, his place in the history of our game was assured from that moment.
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome aboard another of the class of '67, and an honour to boot.
Ted's place in Australian footballer history is guaranteed in so far as he is the first Dutch born player to rise through the ranks and represent his adopted country.
Ted has nominated Den Haag as his GrassRoots club. The club from Zuider Park was home AND school to Ted from the age of 6 to 14 when he came to Adelaide. School at Den Haag ran from 8-2 then it was training five days a week. That regime led Ted to playing 1st Grade with Sturt Oranje as a 14yr old, impressive.
He made his Socceroo debut during the famous Friendship Tournament in Vietnam in 1967, a tournament that gave us Abonyi, Baartz, Schaeffer & Richards amongst so many others and his appearance off the bench against Indonesia was his one and only, but as I said, his place in the history of our game was assured from that moment.
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome aboard another of the class of '67, and an honour to boot.
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1967 bench in Phnom Pehn
