1. Jozsef "Uncle Joe" Vlasits was a Hungarian football player and manager who coached the Australian national side from 1967 to 1970.
10 Facts About Joe Vlasits
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Joe Vlasits then coached Sydney Prague and Budapest in 1961 and '62 respectively, winning the Division One title with both clubs.
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Joe Vlasits then took over at fellow Division One side Pan-Hellenic for 1963 and '64, but could only manage fourth- and sixth-place finishes.
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Joe Vlasits then dropped down a league to Division Two side Bankstown, which placed sixth in his only year of management, 1965.
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Joe Vlasits returned to Division One in 1966 with strugglers SSC Yugal, which came third-last that season.
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Joe Vlasits coached the Australian national side from 1967 to 1970, and coached the team to victory in the 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup, winning all five matches they played.
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Joe Vlasits is credited having elevated Jonny Warren to Australian captain.
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Joe Vlasits returned to Pan-Hellenic for the 1972 season, and the team came seventh in Division One.
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Joe Vlasits then managed Northern Districts to the Division Three title in 1974.
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Joe Vlasits became in 1999 one of the original inductees to the Football Australia Hall of Fame.