Laurie Schwab (died 11 June 1997) was an Australian journalist and broadcaster. Schwab was best known as a soccer writer for The Age newspaper in Melbourne.
Early life
Schwab was the son of German immigrants and grew up in St Albans, Victoria.
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 Age's parent company Fairfax. He also occasionally commentated on the game for ABC Radio.
For his services to soccer he was posthumously inducted into the Australian Soccer Hall of Fame (now the Football Australia Hall of Fame) in 1999.
References
- Johnson, Philip (4 September 1997). "Knights, Lakers honor Laurie Schwab". The Age. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Laurie Schwab". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ Uzunov, Sasha (19 June 2006). "Laurie Schwab, soccer visionary". The Hugog. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- Smithers, Patrick (12 June 1997). "Australian soccer loses a fearless true believer". Sport. The Age. pp. C 18. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- Mangan, John (18 February 2007). "A Victory for everyone". The Age. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
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