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Joseph "Uncle Joe" Vlasits (1921 – 23 April 1985) was a Hungarian football player and manager who coached the Australian national side from 1967 to 1969.

Joe Vlasits

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Vlasits
Date of birth	1921
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	23 April 1985 (aged 64)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
19??–19??	Nemzeti	?	(?)
Teams managed
1958–1960	Canterbury-Marrickville
1961	Sydney Prague
1962	Budapest
1963–1964	Pan-Hellenic
1965	Bankstown
1966	SSC Yugal
1967–1968	Melita Eagles-Newtown
1967–1969	Australia
1972	Pan-Hellenic
1974	Northern Districts
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life and playing career

Vlasits was born in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. He played for Budapest First Division club Nemzeti but his career was cut short by injury and he moved to Australia in the late 1940s.

Managerial career

In Australia, Vlasits moved into management, and coached New South Wales Division One side Canterbury-Marrickville from 1958 to 1960, winning titles in 1958 and 1960 and winning the Ampol Cup in '58. He then coached Sydney Prague and Budapest in 1961 and '62 respectively, winning the Division One title with both clubs. He then took over at fellow Division One side Pan-Hellenic for 1963 and '64, but could only manage fourth- and sixth-place finishes. He then dropped down a league to Division Two side Bankstown, which placed sixth in his only year of management, 1965. He returned to Division One in 1966 with strugglers SSC Yugal, which came third-last that season. A two-year stint at Melita Eagles-Newtown saw the club finish third-last in both the 1967 and '68 Division One seasons. He coached the Australian national side from 1967 to '69, and coached the team to victory in the 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup, winning all five matches they played. It was Australia's first international footballing honour. He coached Australia for a total of 23 games — 13 wins, seven draws, and three losses.[1] He returned to Pan-Hellenic for the 1972 season, and the team came seventh in Division One. He then managed Northern Districts to the Division Three title in 1974.

Death

Vlasits died at the age of 64 on 23 April 1985.

Honours

As a manager

Canterbury-Marrickville

• New South Wales Division One: 1958, 1960
• Ampol Cup: 1958

Sydney Prague

• New South Wales Division One: 1961

Budapest

• New South Wales Division One: 1962

Australia

• Quoc Khanh Cup: 1967

Northern Districts

• New South Wales Division Three: 1974

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Australia	1967	1969	23	13	7	3	056.52

References

External links

• Joe Vlasits' profile on ozfootball.net
• Joe Vlasits at WorldFootball.net

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