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In 1962 he changed clubs to
Croatia (Melbourne) who were playing in Division One North at that time, and he was the club's top scorer and won the best and fairest award. In 1966 he represented Victoria, and played a total of 34 games and scored 12 goals for them. In 1972 Croatia (Melbourne) was
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U/16 squad located in
Sunshine Melbourne. In 2010 Vojtek was presented with recognition of 50 years of service to the Melbourne Knights. Vojtek was selected in the Melbourne Knights Team of the Century as the number 9, the team's other striker was
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Vojtek first represented
Australia in 1967 as part of the squad that undertook an Asian tour. Between 1976 and 1971 Vojtek only missed one game for the national team. He was the only Croatian in the Australian team at the time.
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He also represented
Australia on 44 occasions. He was included in the preliminary 40 man squad for the 1974 World Cup but was omitted from the final 22 man squad with suggestions it was because of differences with the coach
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362:. Vojtek said that "Rasic told me I would definitely be in the World Cup squad. I had nightmares for days, you dream about it all your life. I was so close, yet so far away".
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1467:
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1827:
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1392:
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1166:
1797:
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1968:
1877:
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1357:
641:
1897:
1892:
1507:
941:
1907:
1817:
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1837:
1687:
1607:
1542:
1527:
776:
1887:
1472:
1337:
1557:
1347:
826:
1657:
1617:
1487:
1477:
1422:
1397:
1963:
1852:
1832:
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1517:
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1382:
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427:
1862:
1752:
1722:
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1402:
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player. He migrated from
Croatia to Australia with his family as a child in 1956 and started playing for Essendon Juniors before representing
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1938:
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led St Albans to their first title, the
Victorian State League Division 2. Vojtek was the league's top scorer that season with 16 goals.
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1943:
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428:"Billy Vojtek – an icon of Melbourne Croatia celebrates 50 years - Melbourne Knights FC"
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in June 1974. In 1975, he won the Bill
Fleming Medal. In 1977, he moved to the
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from the under 13s to under 18s. Vojtek played the majority of his career with
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expelled from the
Victoria State Federation, and Vojtek moved to
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478:"Media Panels Victorian Premier League Player of the Year"
393:"Billy Vojtek - Football Victoria Hall of Fame Nomination"
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for the 1973 season before returning to
Melbourne with
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398:. Football Federation Victoria. 2014. Archived from
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341:to finish his playing career. In 1983 Vojtek and
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333:injury and he had spells at Western Suburbs,
1969:Australia men's international soccer players
453:"Team of the Century - Melbourne Knights FC"
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283:(born 29 September 1943) is a retired
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1964:Men's association football forwards
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1939:Australian men's soccer players
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511:www.national-football-teams.com
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1944:Melbourne Knights FC players
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1949:Sydney United 58 FC players
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16:Australian soccer player
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432:Melbourne Knights FC
349:International career
319:(Brunswick) Juventus
249:International career
27:Personal information
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482:www.ozfootball.net
339:Essendon Triestina
159:Brunswick Juventus
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50:29 September 1943
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507:"Billy Vojtek"
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323:Essendon Lions
315:Sydney Croatia
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308:Playing career
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58:Place of birth
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35:William Vojtek
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3:
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40:Date of birth
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1838:Vasilopoulos
1558:J. Honeysett
1548:Hetherington
1331:Participants
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827:H. Honeysett
822:T. Henderson
817:B. Henderson
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1288:P. O'Connor
1122:Utjesenovic
1042:Raskopoulos
1032:Postecoglou
992:S. O'Connor
702:E. Campbell
662:Baumgartner
327:Green Gully
302:Mark Viduka
191:Green Gully
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1923:Categories
1808:J. Thomson
1803:E. Thomson
1778:Sutherland
1748:Scheinflug
1688:Poulakakis
1573:Kannangara
1563:Hutchinson
1348:Bainbridge
1308:Wainwright
1253:Gegenhuber
1218:Casagrande
556:OzFootball
532:"About us"
373:References
360:Rale Rasic
46:1943-09-29
1883:Weinstein
1878:E. Watson
1828:Valentine
1743:L. Schwab
1738:B. Schwab
1733:Scarsella
1673:Papasavas
1653:P. Murray
1648:L. Murray
1628:McDermott
1618:Maramaris
1448:Dalgleish
1408:Cockerill
1383:Broadbent
1353:Bambridge
1298:Salisbury
1283:J. Murray
1263:S. Hughes
1213:Brentnall
1167:Wilkinson
1162:J. Watson
1132:T. Vidmar
1127:A. Vidmar
1082:Schwarzer
1047:Ratcliffe
887:Lazaridis
832:J. Hughes
742:Crowhurst
682:Bresciano
642:Armstrong
260:Australia
255:1967–1973
234:1984–1986
218:1983–1984
202:1981–1982
186:1979–1980
170:1977–1978
154:1974–1976
138:1973–1974
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1773:R. Smith
1758:Sermanni
1658:Nikolich
1498:Fletcher
1493:Economos
1478:Dockerty
1423:Corrigan
1388:Brusasco
1378:Boskovic
1278:Monteath
1268:McCallum
1243:Garriock
1172:Williams
1102:T. Smith
1097:G. Smith
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1027:Petersen
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987:Nyskohus
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902:Loughran
877:Krncevic
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847:Jennings
837:Ivanović
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1873:Wallace
1868:Walkley
1863:Vrolyks
1858:Vlasits
1833:Van Ryn
1768:Simmons
1728:Sandell
1713:Roberts
1678:Perkins
1638:McShane
1598:Lefevre
1533:Grimson
1528:P. Gray
1518:Gilmour
1513:Gilbert
1488:Dunster
1453:De Witt
1413:Connell
1403:Cilauro
1368:Bayutti
1358:Barclay
1318:Wheeler
1313:Wardell
1273:Millman
1208:Alagich
1157:Watkiss
1107:Stewart
1017:Parsons
1012:O'Neill
932:Maunder
927:Masters
922:Marston
892:Lennard
872:Kosmina
807:Harding
797:I. Gray
697:Cameron
672:Bignall
667:Bennett
603:Players
541:7 April
516:7 April
487:7 April
462:7 April
437:7 April
409:4 April
72:Striker
1908:Wright
1848:Vessey
1823:Tuting
1818:Turner
1813:Thorne
1798:Thomas
1793:Telfer
1788:Taylor
1763:Shield
1718:Robins
1708:Rennie
1668:Ogston
1663:Oakley
1633:McIver
1603:Lennie
1588:Krüger
1568:Kamasz
1538:Harlow
1503:George
1483:Druery
1463:Dettre
1458:Desira
1443:Culina
1398:Caruso
1373:Blanco
1363:Barlow
1293:Peters
1258:Heydon
1238:Forman
1187:Zabica
1182:Yankos
1177:Wilson
1152:Warren
1142:Vojtek
1137:Viduka
1112:Tansey
1092:Slater
1087:Sharne
1067:Sander
1062:Rooney
1052:Reilly
977:Murphy
972:Morrow
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907:Mackay
882:Lawrie
867:Kewell
812:Harris
802:Greedy
787:Fraser
782:Farina
747:Curran
712:Clarke
657:Barnes
652:Baartz
647:Arnold
637:Alston
632:Almond
617:Abonyi
285:soccer
1898:Woods
1888:Wells
1843:Vella
1753:Selby
1723:Royal
1693:Rasic
1683:Pless
1643:Miles
1623:Matić
1608:Logan
1583:Kovac
1578:Klose
1543:Heath
1523:Grant
1508:Gibbs
1438:Crook
1433:Croft
1428:Crisp
1338:Allen
1233:Dolan
1201:Women
1192:Zelic
1117:Tobin
1072:Savor
1037:Quill
1022:Perin
1007:Olver
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732:Corry
692:Byrne
677:Blair
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1593:Lamb
1553:Hoar
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1303:Tann
1248:Gill
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