Adamstown Rosebud Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Adamstown, Newcastle. Founded on 12 July 1889, the club was one of the oldest Australian clubs to join the National Soccer League (in 1984).
Players can be called up to represent their national team in a senior international match; a total of 13 players have won at least one cap for their country in senior international football while playing for Adamstown Rosebud. In June 1922, Peter Doyle became the first Adamstown Rosebud player to be capped when he appeared for Australia's first international match against New Zealand.
Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
Name | Nation | Position | Adamstown Rosebud years | International years | Caps [lower-alpha 3] | Goals [lower-alpha 3] | Notes |
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Alec Cameron | Australia | FW | 1922–1937 | 1933–1936 | 6 | 6 | [1] |
Bill Coolahan | Australia | HB | 1929–1930, 1935–1942 | 1938 | 3 | 1 | [2] |
Dave Coote | Australia | HB | 1939–1941, 1942–1951 | 1947 | 2 | 0 | [3] |
Colin Curran | Australia | DF | 1964–1965, 1966–1970, 1972–1973, 1976 | 1970 | 4 | 0 | [4] [5] |
Peter Doyle | Australia | HB | 1918–? | 1922–1923 | 4 | 0 | |
Clint Gosling | New Zealand | GK | 1983–1986, 1993, 1994 | 1984–1993 | 8 | 0 | [6] [7] |
Alf Henwood | Australia | FB | 1932–1941 | 1938 | 2 | 0 | |
Allan Johns | Australia | FW | 1943–1949 | 1948–1950 | 10 | 6 | |
Arch Lambert | Australia | HB | 1920–1928 | 1924 | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Mahoney | Australia | GK | 1951–1962 | 1955 | 1 | 0 | |
Aub Mascord | Australia | FB | 1932–1937 | 1938 | 1 | 0 | [8] |
Bill Morgan | Australia | GK | 1927–1944 | 1938 | 1 | 0 | |
Cyril Nichols | Australia | FB | 1947–1961 | 1950 | 2 | 0 |
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