Brian "Chookie" Vogler (30 May 1932 in
Ipswich, Queensland
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– 6 May 2009 in
Gold Coast, Queensland
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) was an Australian international
footballer
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and coal miner.
Biography
He spent his childhood in
North Ipswich attending local Catholic schools before becoming a coal miner, a profession he followed for 43 years.
Vogler began his sporting career as a professional
rugby league
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footballer before switching to football. He played senior football in Queensland for Blackstone and Hellenic during the 1950s and 1960s. Later he would be a competitive cricketer and lawn bowler.
Although selected in the Australian squad that competed at the
1956 Melbourne Olympic Games,
Brian didn't make his international debut until after the Games in a friendly match against
India
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at the
Sydney Sports Ground in December of the same year.
Vogler,
Socceroo number 158, scored on debut in a 1–7 loss to the Indians. He played two more matches for Australia against New Zealand in 1958 scoring his second A-international goal at Carlaw Park in a 2-all draw. In 1959 he scored again for Australia in a B-International against a touring
Heart of Midlothian team. In later life he was a competitive
lawn bowler.
Personal life
Married to Margaret. They had six children: Mark, Gary, Christine,
Peter
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* Peter (given name)
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(an Australian representative in baseball at two Olympics), Matthew and Anne.
References
External links
Brian Vogler FarewelledFormer Socceroo Dies, Aged 76*
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1932 births
Australian men's soccer players
Australia men's international soccer players
Olympic soccer players for Australia
Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
2009 deaths
Men's association football midfielders
Soccer players from Ipswich, Queensland
20th-century Australian sportsmen