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. An indication of the increasing interest being taken in soccer in Australia is given by the extensive advertising being done by Sydney clubs offering to sponsor players as migrants. The Hakoah club is seeking players in England, Holland, France, Belgium, and Israel. The team’s secretarycoach, a former English international, Jack Gibbons, has coached in all these countries and has * received replies froip Holland, France and Belgium. A former president of the Hakoah club is visiting Europe on business and will make a special trip to Holland to discuss terms with the former Jugoslavian international, Marco Nikolic. The Australian-Italian club. Apia, is advertising for players in northern Italian cities, and the Gladesville Ryde team is advertising in English and Scottish newspapers. The Prague team brought Austrian international, L. Baumgartner and K. Jaros, seen in Christchurch last year, to Sydney as migrants this season.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28678, 30 August 1958, Page 5
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