Olympic Kingsway SC
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| Full name | Olympic Kingsway Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Kingsway Olympic | ||
| Founded | 1953 | ||
| Ground | Kingsway Sporting Complex, Darch | ||
| Chairman | John Ward | ||
| League | Football West State League Division 2 | ||
| 2015 | 6th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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The Olympic Kingsway Sports Club, often referenced as Kingsway Olympic, is an Australian football club from Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1953 by Macedonian & Greek immigrants. They moved to their current colation at Kingsley Reserve in 1973.[1]
The club was founded in 1953 under the name of Olympic Macedonia by Macedonian immigrants and was promoted in 1959 to the top division of the State of Western Australia. For the 1978 season, the club was renamed Olympic Kingsway. The club won both the 1978 and 1980 Western Australian State League titles, which qualified them for the 1979 and 1981 NSL Cups.
In the 1990s, Olympic Kingsway developed many future Australian professional football players, including Nick Ward, Stan Lazaridis, Richard Garcia and Daniel De Silva.
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References
- ↑ "Olympic Kingsway Sports Club". www.olympic-kingsway.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2015.