Career
He was most recently the Football director for A-League club Sydney Football Club, made redundant in December 2012. Transferred from Ringwood Wilhelmina to Fitzroy Alexander (later called Heidelberg United) in 1976 for a transfer fee of 6,000 after three years at Ringwood. Cole became one of the early stars of the National Soccer League as a striker, scoring 88 goals in six seasons at Heidelberg.
On 14 August 1981, he scored seven goals against Fiji, and set an Australian record for the most goals scored in an international match.
His record was broken in 2001, when Archie Thompson scored 13 goals against American Samoa. Cole has coached at various Victorian Premier League clubs and coached the Victorian state representative team after previously working on a full-time basis at the AIS in Canberra.