There have been few more flamboyant and few less successful coaches of the Australian national team than the peripatetic German, Rudi Gutendorf, who was in charge from 1979 to 1981.
Written by Roy Hay / All pictures from the Les Shorrock Collection, Deakin University Library Collection
Branko Buljevic was one of the key players in the Socceroo squad which reached and played in the World Cup finals in 1974. His coach, Rale Rasic, thought he was one of the most gifted and respected players ever to wear the green and gold and it was a toss-up between John Kosmina and Buljevic for the leading striker position when Rasic selected his best-ever Australian team.
Written by Roy Hay / Photos from The Socceroos and their Opponents, Laurie Schwab and Herald and Weekly Times publication The Olympic Games: Melbourne 1956.
Olympic Park has been the venue for some of the greatest games of football played in this country over the years.
JUST, the Jugoslav United Soccer Team, was founded in Melbourne in March 1950 by Ivan Kuketz, a local hotelier and vice-president of the Brighton club where a number of recently-arrived Yugoslav players were playing.
