Duncan Cummings
{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Duncan Cummings
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|03|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| death_date =
| height =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1970–1976
| clubs1 = Melbourne Hungaria
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1976–1981
| clubs2 = South Melbourne
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 1975–1976
| nationalteam1 = Australia
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
}}
Duncan Cummings (born 20 March 1958 in Manchester, England) is an Australian former association football player and coach.
Club career
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 A$8,500 plus proceeds from a match between the two clubs.{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1eBUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5926,5056784 | title=Cummings transfer today | work=The Age | date=28 January 1976 | accessdate=25 February 2013 | author=Schwab, Laurie}} He played at South Melbourne until 1981 when he retired at the age of 23.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/C/CU.html|title=Cummings, Duncan|work=Australian Player Database|publisher=ozfootball.net|accessdate=29 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smfc.com.au/history/notable-players/|title=History – Notable Players|publisher=South Melbourne Football Club|accessdate=29 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421195514/http://www.smfc.com.au/history/notable-players/|archivedate=21 April 2010}}
International career
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.{{cite web | url=http://users.adam.com.au/ahowe/aac2011_guide_UPDATED1.pdf | title=YOUNGEST PLAYERS – A internationals | publisher=Football Federation Australia | work=Official Media Guide of Australia at the Afc Asian Cup Qatar 2011™ | accessdate=25 February 2013 | pages=77 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001800/http://users.adam.com.au/ahowe/aac2011_guide_UPDATED1.pdf | archive-date=31 December 2013 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19750617&id=RxcRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ROcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2607,4094871|title=Schoolboy star for Soccer tour|last=Mossop|first=Brian|date=17 June 1975|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=29 March 2010}}{{cite book|title=The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains|publisher=Football Federation Australia}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R3sQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6699,1484624|title=Teenager scores vital goal|date=7 August 1975|work=The Age|accessdate=29 March 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cummings, Duncan}}
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Australia men's international soccer players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Footballers from Manchester
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
{{Australia-footy-forward-stub}}