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

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

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 edit

  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.