Alan Marnoch

Australian soccer player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustralian soccer player
PlacesUnited Kingdom Australia
wasAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 April 1945, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death8 March 2021 (aged 75 years)
Star signAries
Sports Teams
Australia national association football team
Hakoah Sydney City East FC
The details

Biography

Alan Marnoch (6 April 1945 – 8 March 2021) was an Australian soccer player who played for Sydney Hakoah in the New South Wales State League and represented Australia 14 times between 1967 and 1969.

Early life

Marnoch was born in Scotland, emigrating to Australia as a teenager.

Playing career

After spending time with Lochgelly Albert, Thornton Hibs and being on the books of Dunfermline Athletic, Marnoch signed with Hakoah in Sydney.

Marnoch made his international debut for Australia against Scotland in 1967.

In 1969, Marnoch was one of a number of players whose eligibility was challenged by South Korea on the basis that he was playing for Australia as a British subject, rather than as an Australian citizen.

His international career came to an end after he was unable to get leave from his employment and his spot was taken by Peter Wilson.

Honours

Player

Hakoah

  • New South Wales State League Premiers: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974

Individual

  • Football Federation Australia Men's Team of the Decade: 1963–1970
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