Eric Nunn

Australian soccer player

Eric Nunn
Personal information
Full name Eric Ronald Nunn
Place of birth Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1930 Dinmore Bush Rats
1930–? Booval Stars
International career
1924 Australia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Nunn was an Australian professional soccer player who played as a half-back and was an international player for the Australia national soccer team.[1]

Club career

Nunn played with the Dinmore Bush Rats throughout the 1920s. He won the 1928 Tristram Shield against Thistle where Dinmore Bush Rats won 2–1 in the Final.[2] He joined Booval Stars in 1930, where he gave up playing soccer in 1932 until he returned two years later with Booval Stars.

International career

Nunn played his first and only international match for Australia against Canada where Australia won 3–2 on 7 June 1924.[3][4]

Nunn is designated Socceroo cap number 31.[5]

Career statistics

International

National team Year[4] Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Australia 1924 0 0 1 0 1 0

References

  1. ^ Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.
  2. ^ "Bush Rats Win". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 041. Queensland, Australia. 17 September 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Soccer Football". The Bundaberg Mail. Vol. 54, no. 8, 701. Queensland, Australia. 9 June 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 28 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  5. ^ "List of every Socceroo in order of first appearance".


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