List of Mooroolbark SC players

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Mooroolbark Soccer Club, an association football club based in Mooroolbark, Melbourne, was founded in 1962 as Mooroolbark United. [1] They were admitted into the National Soccer League for the 1977 season. [2] The club's first team had competed in the National Soccer League, and all players who have played at least one such match are listed below.

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Geoff Ontong and Paul Ontong holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Mooroolbark. The Australian defenders played 27 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record was held by Joe Tront, who scored seven goals in all competitions.

Key

Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the National Soccer League and NSL Cup.

Players

List of Mooroolbark SC players
PlayerNationalityPosClub careerStartsSubsTotalGoals
Appearances
Derek Bailey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19776170
Walter Bojczuk Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia FW1977146201
Mike Cleary Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia FW1977111121
David Ellis Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DF197786141
Max Irvan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –1977212230
Lou Ivanoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GK1977110110
Geoff Ontong Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DF1977252273
Paul Ontong Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DF1977243271
Alan Pongho Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –1977240240
Paul Priestley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19770110
Mike Sinclair Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19775270
Joe Tront Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1977130137
Peter Vaughan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19776280
Gordon McGregor Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1977174210
Paul Wilding Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GK1977131140
Malcolm Hayward Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DF19770110
Dave Rigby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia MF19772130
Brian Thorn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –1977115160
Ian Williamson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DF197782100
Pat Lowrey Flag of England.svg  England –1977172195
Eugene McConville Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19770110
Mike Shuttleworth Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19773030
Barry Fairbrother Flag of England.svg  England FW1977140143
Nick Lowe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –19778081
Paul O'Reilly Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –197782101
Terry Hawke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GK19774040

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References

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Specific

  1. ↑ Club History, TheBarkers.com.au
  2. ↑ "1977 – NSL Season in Review". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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