- Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka (born October 9, 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian striker of Croatian and Ukrainian descent, who has signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and also plays for the Australian national team. He is known for his strong physical presence and hold-up play. Viduka and his wife, Ivana, have two sons; Joseph, nicknamed 'Joey' (born 2002), and Lucas (born September 2006)
- Tim Cahill
Timothy Joel "Tim" Cahill (born December 6, 1979 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as an attacking central midfielder for the Australian national team and Everton Football Club. He is best known internationally for scoring the first goal by an Australian at a FIFA World Cup. In 2007 he also became the first Australian player to score at an Asian Cup.
- Lucas Neill
Lucas Edward Neill (born March 9, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for West Ham United, and most often plays at right-back or centre-back. He is a regular member of the Australian national team and was a member of the Australian squad which competed in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist (born 14 November 1971 in Bellingen, New South Wales), nicknamed "Gilly" or "Church", is an Australian cricketer. He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 and his Test debut in 1999. He has been Australia's vice-captain in both forms of the game since 2000, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable.
- Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich (born 13 January, 1972 in Fairfield, New South Wales), is widely regarded as one of Australia's best football (soccer) goalkeepers, representing his country on many occasions and playing for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United, and Chelsea.
- Mark Bresciano
Mark (Marco) Bresciano is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for Palermo in Italy's Serie A.
- Paul Okon
Paul Okon (born April 5, 1972 in Sydney) is a former Australian football (soccer) player who retired after playing with Australian side Newcastle United Jets. Okon grew up in the Sydney suburb of Bossley Park. He previously captained the Australian National Team and has represented Australia Olympic Football Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Okon's career began at Marconi Stallions in the old NSL in Australia.
- Kaz Patafta
Kaz Patafta (born October 25, 1988 in Canberra) is an Australian football (soccer) offensive midfielder who currently plays for Melbourne Victory on loan from Portuguese side Benfica. He attended Radford College in Canberra and received a football scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 2004. Patafta gained attention when he led the Australian Under-17 football team, the "Joeys", during the 2005 World Championships in Peru.
- Tony Vidmar
Tony Vidmar (born July 4, 1970 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Slovenian-Italian origin, currently playing with the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League. He was a member of the Australian national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and is currently Australia's third highest capped player. His brother Aurelio Vidmar was also an Australian football player.
- Damian Mori
Damian Mori (born July 30, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He has established a reputation as a pacy poaching goalscorer, which is remarkable for a player who started his career as a defender. He has made his mark on both the domestic and international fronts. He is currently playing for the Adelaide City in the South Australian Super League. Mori made his international debut against Solomon Islands on September 4, 1992.
- Scott Chipperfield
Scott Chipperfield (born December 30, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) fullback, who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League wearing the number 11 shirt. He is a regular member of the Australian national team and previously played for the Wollongong Wolves in Australia, at which time he also worked as a bus driver.
- Mile Sterjovski
Mile Sterjovski (born on May 27, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder of Ethnic Macedonian origin, who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and the Australian national team. He was a member of the Australian national team at the under 20 1999 World Youth Cup finals in Nigeria and also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
- Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar (born February 3, 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Italian origin - his father's heritage is Slovenian, hence the family name. He retired from playing in 2005 at Adelaide United; after two years as an assistant, he was appointed as head coach on May 2, 2007 despite allegedly actually not being the selection committee's recommended candidate. He is the older brother of Tony Vidmar, also an Australian football player.
- Ahmad Elrich
Ahmad Elrich (born May 30, 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Fulham F.C. in the English Premiership and for the Australian national team. He is of Lebanese descent and is the older brother of Newcastle Jet Tarek Elrich. Elrich signed a 3 year deal with Fulham in the Summer of 2005 from K-League club Busan I'cons. He has also previously played for Parramatta Power. He was loaned out to F.C. Lyn Oslo from April to May 2006.
- Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski (born March 5, 1975) is an Australian football (soccer) player with Macedonian ancestry. He is a striker who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners in the Hyundai A-League. He has the honour for having scored the second hat trick in the A-League, one day after the first was scored. In the old National Soccer League, Petrovski played 94 games and scored 47 goals.
- Michael Thwaite
Michael Errol Thwaite is an Australian football (soccer) player from Cairns. He plays as a Defender for Polish team Wisła Kraków, whom he signed for on a Bosman transfer from FC Naţional Bucureşti in Romania's Divizia A. His career began at Sydney University in the New South Wales Winter Super League. He then spent two seasons playing for Marconi Stallions (2002-2004) in the now defunct NSL, before heading off to Romania.
- Robbie Slater
Robert Slater (born November 22, 1964 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England) is a former Australian football (soccer) player. He is more commonly known as Robbie Slater. He has 44 caps for the Australian national team, including in the 1997 World Cup qualifier against Iran. His final appearance for Australia was against Saudi Arabia in the 1997 Confederations Cup. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame.
- Joey Didulica
Joseph Anthony Didulica is a Croatian Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, better known as Joey Didulica. Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria to a Croatian father, Luka, and a Croatian-Australian mother, Mary. His father emigrated to Australia from Poličnik, a village in northern Dalmatia, about 10 kilometres outside of Zadar. He started to play football in the North Geelong Warriors. In 1996, he moved to the Melbourne Knights, …
- Graeme Langlands
Graeme 'Changa' Langlands was an Australian rugby league player. He was the full-back and goal-kicker for the St. George Dragons in the latter part of their 11 year consecutive premiership-winning run from 1956 to 1966. Langlands was also a representative in the Australian national team on 45 occasions from 1963 to 1975 and captained his country in 15 Test matches and World Cup games. Born in Wollongong, New South Wales on September 2, 1941, …
- Norm Provan
Norman Douglas Sommerville Provan (born 1931) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a second-row forward with the St. George Dragons during their 11 year consecutive premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966. He was a representative in the Australian national team in 1954 and from 1956 to 1960 earning 14 test and 2 World Cup caps. Provan holds the club record of 284 games for the Dragons between 1951 and 1965 and played in the first ten of the Grand Final victories, …
- Peter Sterling
Peter Maxwell John "Sterlo" Sterling OAM (born 16 June, 1960 in Toowoomba, Queensland; is an Australian rugby league commentator and former player. He was one of the all-time great halfbacks and a major contributor to Parramatta's dominance of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership between 1981 and 1986. He gained his experience and insight by playing at Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield.
- Danny Tiatto
Danny Tiatto (born May 22, 1973 in Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian professional football (soccer) who formerly played for Leicester City. He has signed a contract for the 2007/2008 Hyundai A-League, to play for the Queensland Roar. Tiatto won 25 caps for the Australian national team (scoring 1 goal) before his retirement from international football in October 2005. Danny also represented Australia at under 23 level when he played at the 1996 Olympic Games.
- Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for A-League club Wellington Phoenix FC. When still a teenager Johnson moved to England to seek a professional football contract. He joined the youth ranks of Watford, and made his league début in the closing stages of the 1991/92 season.
- Frank Arok
Ferenc 'Frank' Arok (born January 20, 1932 in Serbia (then Yugoslavia)) is a retired Serbian football (soccer) player and coach of Hungarian descent. Arok played for FK Jedinstvo in Yugoslavia during the 1950s before moving into coaching. In the early 1960s Arok coached FK Novi Sad and FK Vojvodina before being brought out to Australia. In Australia Arok coached St George Saints, whom he led to a New South Wales State league title in 1972, …
- Vincenzo Grella
Vincenzo "Vince" Grella (born on October 5, 1979 in Dandenong, Victoria) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Torino F.C. in Italy's Serie A and for the Australian national team. Grella's family is of Italian descent. At age 14 he was the youngest football player admitted to the Victorian Institute of Sport, in Melbourne, and he went on to train at the Australian Institute of Sport on a football (soccer) scholarship from 1996-1997.
- Hayden Foxe
Hayden Vernon Foxe (born June 23, 1977 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for A-League club Perth Glory after being released from Leeds United. He has also been capped by the Australian national team, and was a member of the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Beginning his career at Sydney club Blacktown City he moved to Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he played from 1995-97.
- Tony Franken
Anthony (Tony) Franken (born 11th January, 1965) is a former Australian soccer goalkeeper from Perth, Western Australia. He is widely considered one of Australia's best ever. He represented Australia on 14 occasions between 1984-1992 and represented his country at under 20 level at the 1983 World Youth Cup Finals in Mexico and under 23 level in 1984.
- Jason Čulina
Jason Čulina is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie and for the Australian national team. Čulina is the youngest son of renowned Australian coach Branko Čulina and his family is of Croatian descent. Previous clubs he played for included Sydney United, Sydney Olympic, Ajax Amsterdam and De Graafschap.
- Jason Petkovic
Jason Petkovic (born December 7, 1972 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player and the brother of Michael Petkovic. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory where he has won two championships with them in 2003 and 2004. Petkovic has also had trials with Southampton F.C. and Norway's Rosenborg B.K. before joining NSL outfit Adelaide City in 1993.
- Harry Bath
Harry Bath (born 1924) was an Australian rugby league player, a state and international representative who played 12 matches for Other Nationalities in the International Championship from 1949-1955. His position of choice was as a Second-row forward. He has been referred to as the best Australian rugby league player never to be picked for the Australian national team
- Mick Cronin
Michael "Mick" William Cronin OAM (born Gerringong, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league player. He was a centre three-quarter for the Australian national team and a stalwart for the Parramatta Eels club. He played in 22 Tests and 11 World Cup matches between 1973 and 1982.
- Chris Anderson
Christopher Anderson is a former Australian rugby league coach and player. He has played for and coached the Australian national team and is a member of the Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame.
- David Zdrilić
David Allen Zdrilić is an Australian football (soccer) player of Croatian descent. He plays football (soccer) for the newly established Australian A-League team Sydney FC. In the past he has played extensively throughout Europe in clubs from Walsall in England, Aberdeen in Scotland, FC Aarau in Switzerland and Unterhaching, SSV Ulm 1846 and Eintracht Trier in Germany before recently returning to his home country.
- Tom Gorman
Tom Gorman (1900 - 1978) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a Centre three-quarter for the Australian national team. He played in 10 Tests between 1924 and 1930 as captain on 7 occasions. Born in Charters Towers Gorman was the first Queenslander to lead a Kangaroo touring side to Britain.
- Arthur Halloway
Arthur 'Pony' Halloway (1885 to 1961) (born in Sydney, Australia) was a rugby league player for the Glebe Dirty Reds (1908), Balmain Tigers (1909-11 & 1915-20)and Eastern Suburbs (1912-14), in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He was a Half Back for the Australian national team. He played in 10 Tests between 1908 and 1919 as captain on 3 occasions in 1919.
- Petero Civoniceva
Petero Civoniceva (born 21 April, 1976 in Suva, Fiji) is an Fijian-Australian professional rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He has also represented the Queensland side on several occasions in the annual State of Origin and is a regular in the Australian national team. Civoniceva's usual position of choice is at prop-forward. As a player, he is best known for his reliability and durability.
- Ian Healy
Ian Andrew Healy (born April 30, 1964 in Brisbane) was an Australian cricketer. An excellent wicketkeeper and useful right-handed lower middle-order batsman, he made his first-class debut for the Queensland state team in the 1986-1987 season, as understudy to Peter Anderson. Healy was a shock call-up to the Australian national team for the 1988-1989 tour of Pakistan, having played only six first-class games to date, …
- Brett Kenny
Brett Kenny (born March 16 1961) Sydney, Australia is an Australian former rugby league player. He was a five-eighth for the Australian national team, the New South Wales Blues representative side and the Parramatta Eels. He played in 17 Tests, made 17 State of Origin appearances and won 4 premierships with Parramatta.
- Brian Clay
Brian 'Poppa' Clay (1935 - 1987) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a five eighth with the St. George Dragons during their 11 year consecutive premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966. He was a representative in the Australian national team in 1957 and from 1959-1960 earning five Test caps plus three World Cup appearances.
- Jim Craig
James Hampton Craig (1895 - 1959) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a versatile back for the Australian national team. He played in 7 Tests between 1921 and 1928 as captain on 3 occasions.