Colin Curran

{{short description|Australian soccer player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Colin Curran

| fullname = Colin John Curran

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|08|21}}

| birth_place = Newcastle, NSW, Australia

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1964–1965

| youthclubs1 = Manchester United

| years1 = 1966

| years2 = 1971

| years3 = 1972

| years4 = 1974

| years5 = 1977

| years6 = 1978

| clubs1 = Adamstown Rosebuds

| clubs2 = Marconi

| clubs3 = Adamstown Rosebuds

| clubs4 = Western Suburbs SC

| clubs5 = Western Suburbs SC

| clubs6 = Newcastle KB United

| caps1 =

| caps2 =

| caps3 =

| caps4 =

| caps5 = 26

| caps6 = 26

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| goals3 =

| goals4 =

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1979

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 34

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Colin John Curran (born 21 August 1947)[http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1974/groupa_ger_v_aus.html Match report], including date of birth is an Australian former football (soccer) defender of Irish descent. He was a member of the Australian 1974 FIFA World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 34 times between 1970 and 1979. He scored Australia's first World Cup goal, an own goal, against East Germany.