Duncan Cummings | |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1958 |
Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1970–1976 |
Clubs1: | Melbourne Hungaria |
Years2: | 1976–1981 |
Clubs2: | South Melbourne |
Nationalyears1: | 1975–1976 |
Nationalteam1: | Australia |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Duncan Cummings (born 20 March 1958 in Manchester, England) is an Australian former association football player and coach.
Cummings joined Melbourne Hungaria Soccer Club as a 12-year-old in 1970. After six seasons with Melbourne he transferred to South Melbourne for a fee of 8,500 plus proceeds from a match between the two clubs.[1] He played at South Melbourne until 1981 when he retired at the age of 23.[2] [3]
Despite being born in England, Cummings made his international debut for Australia as a 17-year-old in 1975, becoming the youngest player to represent Australia. After scoring on his international debut against China he played only more full international match, against Hong Kong in 1976.[4] [5] [6] [7]