Frank Arok

Frank Arok

Personal information
Full name	Ferenc Arok
Date of birth	(1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Place of birth	Kanjiža, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 88)
Place of death	Subotica, Serbia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1960	FK Jedinstvo
Managerial career
1961–1962	FK Novi Sad
1966–1967	FK Vojvodina (assistant coach)
1969–1972	St George Saints
1981–1983	St George Saints
1983–1989	Australia
1989	St George Saints
1994–1996	South Melbourne
1996	Port Melbourne
1996–1998	Gippsland Falcons
1998–1999	Sydney Olympic (Director of Coaching)
2000	Port Melbourne
2001–2003	Perth Glory (youth coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferenc "Frank" Arok AM (Hungarian: Árok Ferenc; 20 January 1932 – 12 January 2021) was a Yugoslavian-Australian ethnic Hungarian association football player and coach.

Career

Arok played for FK Jedinstvo in Yugoslavia during the 1950s before coaching. In the early 1960s Arok coached FK Novi Sad and FK Vojvodina before moving to Australia. In Australia Arok coached St George Saints, South Melbourne FC, Port Melbourne, Gippsland Falcons, and Sydney Olympic, and the Australian national team. Arok coached Australia in 48 A internationals between 1983 and 1989. In the 1990 Australia Day honours, Arok was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to soccer, particularly as the Australian national coach". He oversaw the Australian team in its 1–0 loss to Fiji on 30 November 1988, a match which is still remembered fondly by Fiji soccer supporters today.

He died on 12 January 2021, aged 88.

External links

• TWG article
• Frank Arok at FootballDatabase.eu