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Eric Nunn

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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

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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

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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

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International

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

References

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  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".