Colin Kitching
Personal information
Full name Colin Kitching
Date of birth (1933-11-11)11 November 1933
Date of death 12 March 2022(2022-03-12) (aged 88)
Position(s) Forward
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1956 Australia 3 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2016

Colin Kitching (11 November 1933 – 12 March 2022) was an Australian soccer player.[1][2]

Kitching played club football in Queensland, firstly in Ipswich at Bundamba, Blackstone United, and St Helens United before moving to Brisbane when he joined Hellenic. He won Queensland premierships 5 times: in 1953 with Blackstone United, in 1955 and 1957 with Bundamba, and in 1960 and 1963 with Hellenic. Kitching died in March 2022.[3]

Kitching was a member of the Australian team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Player Database – KI". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Colin Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Vale Colin Kitching". Football Australia. 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Australia squad – 1956 Olympic Football Tournament". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  5. ^ "The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2009.


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