Laurie Schwab Explained

Laurie Schwab (died June 1997^[1]) was an Australian journalist and broadcaster. Schwab was best known as a soccer writer for The Age newspaper in Melbourne.^[2]

Early life

Schwab was the son of German immigrants and grew up in St Albans, Victoria.^[3]

Journalism

He joined The Age in the early 1970s where he soon became a soccer writer. He later founded and edited a specialised soccer newspaper, Soccer Action, published by The Ages parent company Fairfax.^[4] He also occasionally commentated on the game for ABC Radio.

For his services to soccer he was posthumously inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

Notes and References

1. News: Knights, Lakers honor Laurie Schwab . The Age . 4 September 1997 . 28 February 2015 . Johnson, Philip.
2. Web site: Laurie Schwab . Football Federation Australia . 30 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915151145/http://www.footballhalloffame.com.au/ . 15 September 2009 .
3. Web site: Laurie Schwab, soccer visionary . Uzunov . Sasha . 19 June 2006. The Hugog. 30 June 2009.
4. News: A Victory for everyone. Mangan. John. 18 February 2007. The Age. 30 June 2009.