Robert Wemyss (born 1 July 1928) is an Australian former
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
player.
Playing career
Club career
Wemyss played for
Polonia SC in the
Victorian State League
The Victorian State League, known as VETO Sports State League for sponsorship purposes is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1958 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of five divisions (separated by ...
from 1956 to 1959. Wemyss was a joint winner of the Argus Medal in 1956, the Victorian Division 1 player of the year award.
Biography
Wemyss was born in Scotland. He was a member of the
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
squad at the
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...
, but did not make his debut for the national team until 1958.
Wemyss played his only two matches for Australia in 1958, both against
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
.
References
External links
*
1928 births
Living people
Australian men's soccer players
Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for Australia
Men's association football midfielders
Australia men's international soccer players
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Western Eagles FC players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
{{Australia-footy-bio-stub