Frank Arok

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Frank Arok
Personal information
Full name Ferenc Arok
Date of birth (1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Place of birth Kanjiža, Kingdom of Yugoslavia[source?]
Date of death 12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 88)
Place of death Subotica, Serbia[source?]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Jedinstvo Stara Pazova
Teams managed
1961–1962 Novi Sad
1966–1967 Vojvodina (assistant)
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 (coaching director)
2000 Port Melbourne
2001–2003 Perth Glory (youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ferenc "Frank" Arok AM (Serbian Cyrillic: Ференц Арок, Hungarian: Árok Ferenc; 20 January 1932 – 12 January 2021) was a Yugoslavian-Australian association football player and coach. He played for FK Jedinstvo Stara Pazova in the 1950s. From 1983 to 1989, he managed Australia. He also managed St George many times.

Arok died on 12 January 2021, aged 88.[1]

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