born in Belfast Frank Loughran played for the Socceroos at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne the first time his adopted country of Australia competed in Olympic soccer new article created by User Simondoyle nom by Desira Peter Belfast born Socceroo pioneer Frank Loughran dies at 77 Herald Sun January 15 2008 Accessed January 21 2008 Loughran represented Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics the first time Australia took part in the Olympic soccer tournament He also scored in the opening match at Olympic Park a 2 0 win against Japan The Belfast born Loughran an inaugural inductee to the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1999 ended up with 22 goals in 38 matches for Australia