Ron Lord

Ron Lord (25 July 1929 – 8 April 2024) was an Australian international soccer player who played as a goalkeeper during the 1950s. He appeared for the host nation in the 1956 Olympic Games staged in Melbourne.^[1] Lord played well in the defeat of Japan, but Australia was well-defeated by India where Neville D'Souza scored the first and, so far, only hat-trick by an Asian football team in either a FIFA World Cup or Olympic Games tournament.

Ron Lord
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Personal information
Full name	Ron Brian Lord
Date of birth	(1929-07-25)25 July 1929
Place of birth	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death	8 April 2024(2024-04-08) (aged 94)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1946–	Rozelle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949	Drummoyne
1950–1957	Auburn
1957–1965	Sydney Prague
Total		339	(0)
International career
1951–1964	Australia	10	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lord initially played for Australia in 1951, taking over goalkeeping duties from the well-known Norman Conquest in the Third Test against England played in Brisbane.^[2]

Lord died on 8 April 2024, at the age of 94.^[3]

Lord was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2025 Australia Day Honours for "service to football".^[4]