Socceroos kick off in Russia, a far cry from 1974's part-timers
John StensholtFormer Rich Editor
When the Socceroos first qualified for the World Cup in 1974, goalkeeper Jack Reilly left Australia for the tournament in West Germany staring at a $2.7 million trading loss.
Reilly, like his 21 teammates, was then a part-time player who had to juggle work at First Federation Discount Company, one of then nine authorised dealers controlling liquidity of the Australian financial system.
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