Rory Jones (born 1955) is a former

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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player. He was a professional soccer player for

Berea Park Berea Park is a multi-sport venue in Pretoria, South Africa, on Lilian Ngoyi Street (earlier Van der Walt Street) near downtown. It has been utilized by multiple local sports teams in both football/soccer, including Berea Park F.C., and formerly cr ...

1973 and 1974, and

Highlands Park Highlands Park Football Club was a South African professional soccer club who played in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. They were founded in 2003 as a phoenix club to the earlier Highlands Park F.C. (1959) and Highlands Park F.C. (1990) The c ...

1975 and 1976 in the

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. In 1977, he joined Pretoria (Bantu) Callies in the newly formed multi-racial National Professional Soccer League and one of the first "White" players to sign for and play for a "Black" team at The Super Stadium, ( now named after his teammate, Macro "Masterpieces" Moripe ) in Attridgeville Township, west of Pretoria. He was also known as "Sikiza", someone with exceptional talent who could dribble the ball past all his opponents. He spent 6 weeks training and playing in the United Kingdom with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Chelsea in 1971. Described by Highlands Park Manager,

Joe Frickleton Joe Frickleton (c. 1935 – 14 December 2020) was a Scottish professional football player and manager, active primarily in South Africa Playing career Frickleton, who played as a wing half, played youth with Clydebank Juniors, before turning pr ...

, as the best left wing in South Africa. He was named in the South African National Team in 1978 vs Rhodesia, by Joe Frickleton.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Rory Living people South African soccer players 1955 births Place of birth missing (living people) Association footballers not categorized by position Berea Park F.C. players Highlands Park F.C. players Pretoria Callies F.C. players National Football League (South Africa) players

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