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Colin Curran

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Colin Curran
Personal information
Full name Colin John Curran
Date of birth (1947-08-21) 21 August 1947 (age 78)
Place of birth Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Position Defender
Youth career
West Wallsend
1964–1965 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Maitland FC
1966–1970 Adamstown Rosebuds
1971 Marconi
1972 Adamstown Rosebuds
1974 Western Suburbs SC
1977 Western Suburbs SC 26 (2)
1978–1982 Newcastle KB United 103 (11)
International career
1970–1979 Australia 34 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin John Curran (born 21 August 1947)[1] is an Australian former soccer defender.

Club career

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Curran played youth football for West Wallsend FC before a stint in England with Manchester United.[2]

Curran began his senior career with Maitland in the Northern New South Wales State League before joining Adamstown Rosebud.[3] He played for Marconi in the New South Wales State League in 1971 before returning to Adamstown the following year. He returned to Sydney, joining Western Suburbs in 1973.[4] He was a member of the Western Suburbs team that played in the first year of the Australian National Soccer League.

Curran transferred from Western Suburbs to Newcastle KB United in 1978, citing a desire to play closer to his hometown Newcastle.[5] He played until 1982.[6]

International career

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He was a member of the Australian 1974 FIFA World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 34 times between 1970 and 1979. He scored Australia's first World Cup goal, an own goal, against East Germany.

References

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  1. ↑ Match report, including date of birth
  2. ↑ Schwab, Laurie (1981). "Best in the nation?". The Socceroos and their Opponents. Newspress. p. 98.
  3. ↑ Hamonent, Allyn (1989). Adamstown Rosebud. p. 21.
  4. ↑ Mossop, Brian (27 April 1973). "Curran back in soccer squad". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 14. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Curran, Brian (3 March 1978). "Player bought at last". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 28. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Aussie Footballers - Col Curran". OzFootball. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
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