Australia 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Australia in the 1970s — 59 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Jimmy Rooney racked up the most caps of anyone here — 99 in all. Attila Abonyi leads the scoring with 25. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Gary Cole: 20 goals in 40 caps. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 12 defenders, 22 midfielders and 18 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rooney | MF | 99 | 20 | 84 |
| Attila Abonyi | MF | 61 | 25 | 84 |
| John Kosmina | FW | 60 | 25 | 83 |
| Peter Wilson | DF | 65 | 3 | 82 |
| Doug Utjesenovic | DF | 61 | 2 | 81 |
| Ray Baartz | FW | 48 | 18 | 81 |
| Gary Cole | FW | 40 | 20 | 81 |
| Dave Harding | MF | 45 | 11 | 80 |
| Jimmy Mackay | MF | 52 | 5 | 80 |
| Eddie Krnčević | FW | 35 | 17 | 80 |
| Billy Vojtek | FW | 44 | 13 | 79 |
| Johnny Warren | MF | 42 | 7 | 79 |
| Manfred Schaefer | DF | 45 | 1 | 78 |
| Branko Buljevic | FW | 30 | 11 | 77 |
| Peter Ollerton | FW | 26 | 11 | 77 |
| Jack Reilly | GK | 35 | — | 77 |
| Murray Barnes | MF | 32 | 6 | 75 |
| Adrian Alston | FW | 43 | 7 | 75 |
| Ray Richards | MF | 31 | 5 | 74 |
| Gary Byrne | MF | 36 | 1 | 74 |
| Colin Curran | DF | 34 | 1 | 73 |
| Ron Corry | GK | 27 | — | 73 |
| Colin Bennett | DF | 32 | 2 | 72 |
| Peter Sharne | MF | 23 | 8 | 72 |
| George Harris | DF | 28 | 0 | 70 |
| Ernie Campbell | FW | 24 | 3 | 70 |
| Tony Henderson | DF | 27 | 0 | 70 |
| Allan Maher | GK | 22 | — | 69 |
| Phil O'Connor | MF | 20 | 5 | 69 |
| Max Tolson | FW | 16 | 4 | 68 |
| Johnny Watkiss | DF | 23 | 2 | 68 |
| Agenor Muniz | MF | 20 | 1 | 66 |
| Joe Watson | MF | 17 | 2 | 65 |
| Martyn Crook | GK | 14 | — | 64 |
| Ken Boden | MF | 13 | 2 | 62 |
| Greg Woodhouse | GK | 11 | — | 62 |
| Ivo Prskalo | DF | 14 | 1 | 61 |
| Harry Williams | DF | 13 | 0 | 60 |
| John Yzendoorn | DF | 13 | 1 | 60 |
| Gary Marocchi | MF | 13 | 0 | 60 |
| Bobby Hogg | MF | 13 | 0 | 60 |
| Jimmy Fraser | GK | 8 | — | 59 |
| Jamie Paton | FW | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| Frank Micic | MF | 6 | 1 | 54 |
| Garry Manuel | FW | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| Ray Ilott | FW | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| John Coyne | FW | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| Jim Milisavljevic | GK | 4 | — | 51 |
| Arno Bertogna | MF | 4 | 1 | 50 |
| George Blues | MF | 3 | 1 | 49 |
| Joe Picioane | MF | 3 | 0 | 48 |
| John Perin | MF | 3 | 0 | 48 |
| Terry Butler | FW | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| Duncan Cummings | FW | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| Sebastian Giampaolo | FW | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| John O'Shea | DF | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| John Doyle | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Josip Picioane | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Rodolfo Gnavi | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
Statistics are career international caps and goals compiled from Wikidata. Flawless is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any club, league, national federation, or players' association; player names and statistics are used as factual references only.