Ron Lord

Ron Lord
Personal information
Full name	Ron Brian Lord
Date of birth	25 July 1929
Place of birth	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death	8 April 2024 (aged 94)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1946–	Rozelle
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949	Drummoyne
1950–1957	Auburn
1957–1965	Sydney Prague
Total
International career
1951–1964	Australia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ron Lord (25 July 1929 – 8 April 2024) was an Australian international soccer player who played as a goalkeeper during the 1950s. He appeared for the host nation in the 1956 Olympic Games staged in Melbourne.^[1] Lord played well in the defeat of Japan, but Australia was well-defeated by India where Neville D'Souza scored the first and, so far, only hat-trick by an Asian football team in either a FIFA World Cup or Olympic Games tournament.

Lord initially played for Australia in 1951, taking over goalkeeping duties from the well-known Norman Conquest in the Third Test against England played in Brisbane.^[2]

Lord died on 8 April 2024, at the age of 94.^[3]

References

^ "Ron Lord". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
^ "Soccer fans walk out; drab match". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XVI, no. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1951. p. 23. Retrieved 18 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Vale Ron Lord". Football Australia. 9 April 2024.

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[1] "Ron Lord". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[2] "Soccer fans walk out; drab match". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XVI, no. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1951. p. 23. Retrieved 18 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Vale Ron Lord". Football Australia. 9 April 2024.

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