David Jones (born 1 April 1955) is an Australian former

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player and coach.

Club career

Jones was born in

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. A defender, he played his junior soccer for Kwinana United before graduating to the senior team in 1970. He remained with the club until the end of the 1975 season, when he won the Rothmans Gold Medal award for the season's fairest and best player. In 1976 Jones played for East Fremantle Tricolore. In the first year of the

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in 1977 he played for West Adelaide and was part of the club's championship winning team the following year. In all, he played five seasons in

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

including two with Adelaide City. He later had a brief playing stint with South Melbourne before joining

Preston Makedonia Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matches against other tea ...

. He moved back to Western Australia in 1985, playing with Perth Azzurri.

State career

Jones represented

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24 times, winning two Marah Halim Cup championships.

International career

In 1975 Jones made his debut for

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against

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. He played a total of five full international matches for the ''Socceroos'', the last being a match against

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in July 1978.

Coaching career

In 1994 Jones was head coach at

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in the Victorian State League.

Honours

East Fremantle Tricolore * D'Orsogna Cup: 1976 Western Australia * Marah Halim Cup Winner: 1975, 1976 Individual * Gold Medal (Best and Fairest player in WA State League): 1975 *

Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Football Hall of Fame Western Australia was formed in 1996 to promote, preserve and protect the history of soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who pr ...

inductee: 1996

References

Living people 1955 births Sportspeople from Fremantle Australian men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Australia men's international soccer players West Adelaide SC players Soccer players from Western Australia {{Australia-footy-bio-stub