Andrew Dettre (1926 – 25 June 2018) was an Australian soccer journalist.[1][2][3][4]
Dettre was born in Hungary and arrived in Australia in 1948 at the age of 22. He worked as a journalist before leaving his home country and soon continued this vocation in Australia, working for the The National Advocate in Bathurst and later the Daily Telegraph in Sydney. In 1963, he became editor of Soccer World, a national soccer newspaper. He contributed to Soccer World as Paul Dean as he was still a feature writer for the Daily Telegraph. He later used the pseudonym Mike Renwick while writing for Soccer World when he was working as an adviser to Frank Stewart, a minister in the Whitlam government.[5][6][7][8]
Shortly before Dettre died in 2018, he was honoured with being inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame.[9][10]
References
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- ^ "In-depth article about Andrew Dettre". 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Tribute to Andrew Dettre". 24 June 2018.
- ^ "'We've been bloody well fed!' Our Football Belongs journey". sport.optus.com.au.
- ^ Holmes, Tracey (25 January 2021). "How a refugee from Hungary suggested an Institute of Sport that kept Australia on the world stage". ABC News. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Bossi, Dominic (30 April 2018). "Iconic journalist Andrew Dettre inducted into football hall of fame". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Gorman, Joe (12 December 2013). "The forgotten story of ... Andrew Dettre and Soccer World". The Guardian. theguardian.com.
- ^ Gorman, Joe (28 June 2018). "'Australian football's greatest intellectual': Remembering Andrew Dettre". Socceroos.com.au. Football Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Vale Andrew Dettre: FFA saddened by loss of Hall of Fame inductee". Socceroos.com.au. Football Australia. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Stamocostas, Con (19 July 2018). "Andrew Dettre: Australian football's greatest idealist". FTBL. Nextmedia. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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