Colin Kitching

Australian soccer player

Colin Kitching
Personal information
Full name	Colin Kitching
Date of birth	(1933-11-11)11 November 1933
Date of death	12 March 2022(2022-03-12) (aged 88)
Position(s)	Forward
International career^‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1956	Australia	3	(0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2016

Colin Kitching (11 November 1933 – 12 March 2022) was an Australian soccer player.^[1]^[2]

Kitching played club football in Queensland, firstly in Ipswich at Bundamba, Blackstone United, and St Helens United before moving to Brisbane when he joined Hellenic. He won Queensland premierships 5 times: in 1953 with Blackstone United, in 1955 and 1957 with Bundamba, and in 1960 and 1963 with Hellenic. Kitching died in March 2022.^[3]

Kitching was a member of the Australian team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Australian Player Database – KI". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
^ "Colin Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Vale Colin Kitching". Football Australia. 14 March 2022.
^ "Australia squad – 1956 Olympic Football Tournament". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
^ "The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2009.