Ernest Lukeman

Ernest Lukeman

ByCCBHS Editor

Ernest Lukeman was involved in restarting the Commonwealth Football Association after the war. In 1920 he was appointed secretary of the reconstituted Australian Soccer Association (ASA), and continued in that position until 1933 He is the unacknowledged father of the team we now know as the Socceroos.  For the whole period between 1922 and 1933,…

The 1927 Chinese Soccer Team Tour of Australia

The 1927 Chinese Soccer Team Tour of Australia

ByCCBHS Editor

At a meeting of the Australian Soccer Football Association in January 1927, it was decided to declare its bid for a spot at the Amsterdam Olympiad. Shortly after, a Darwin-born Chinese man arrived with a few football ideas of his own.Professor Kwang Lim Kwong came to Australia as a representative of the Shanghai Football Association…