Johnny Watkiss

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Johnny Watkiss
Personal information
Full name	John Watkiss
Date of birth	(1941-03-28) 28 March 1941
Place of birth	Willenhall, England
Playing position	defender
Youth career
	Canterbury-Marrickville
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1957–1963	Canterbury-Marrickville
1964–1968	APIA Leichhardt
1969–1974	Hakoah
1975–1978	Sutherland
National team
1965–1974	Australia	23	(2)
Teams managed
1977–1978	Sutherland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John "Johnny" Watkiss (born 28 March 1941 in England^[1]) is a former football (soccer) defender. He was a member of the Australian 1974 FIFA World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 31 times between 1965 to 1974 scoring 4 times.

Watkiss Street in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named for him.^[2]

References

↑ Planet World Cup - 1974 - Squads - Australia
↑ O'Maley, Christine (2010-01-20). "Park is a goner". Blacktown Advocate (Cumberland Newspapers). p. 14. "...streets are named after well known football identities..." |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

v t e Australia squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Reilly 2 Utjesenovic 3 Wilson (c) 4 Schaefer 5 Curran 6 Richards 7 Rooney 8 Mackay 9 Warren 10 Manuel 11 Abonyi 12 Alston 13 Ollerton 14 Tolson 15 Williams 16 Rudic 17 Harding 18 Watkiss 19 Campbell 20 Buljevic 21 Milisavljevic 22 Maher Coach: Rašić

Persondata
Name	Watkiss, Johnny
Alternative names
Short description	Australian soccer player
Date of birth	28 March 1941
Place of birth	England
Date of death
Place of death

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