Les Scheinflug

Ladislav 'Les' Scheinflug (born 1 October 1938 in Bückeburg, Germany) is a former football (soccer) player and coach.

Biography
Arriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team (Villawood Tigers) He was picked to play in the Southern Districts representative soccer team during these years

Between November 1965 and April 1968 Scheinflug played 6 full international matches for Australia, scoring four goals.

Before the 1974 World Cup he became becoming assistant to head coach Rale Rasic of the national side. He later served himself on several occasions as head coach of the Socceroos as well as the under 17 and 20 sides.

In 1979 Les Scheinflug won the Australian Championship and in 1980 the Australian Cup, both with Marconi Fairfield. In 1979, he was voted Coach of the Year by the Australian Soccer Press Association.

Honours
Australian Hall of Fame Inaugural Inductee
Australian National Team Coach
Australian Youth Team Coach
1979 NSL Coach of the Year
New South Wales Representative Honours
1959 - Northern New South Wales
1965 - Torpedo Moscow, Chelsea
Representative Honours
1959 - NSWSF XI v The Rest
1965 - Sydney XI v Torpedo (c), Sydney XI v Hapoel Tel-Aviv

References

Category:1938 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Bückeburg
Category:German emigrants to Australia
Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia
Category:Australian soccer players
Category:Australia international soccer players
Category:Australian soccer coaches
Category:Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Australia national soccer team managers
Category:Fiji national football team managers
Category:Sydney Olympic FC managers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Footballers from Lower Saxony