Andrew Dettre passed away last month at 91 years of age but his legacy and contribution to Australian football still remains today.

Dettre was born in born in Hungary and arrived in Australia in 1948 after fleeing his war-torn country and began what would be a lifelong pursuit to promote the world game in his new homeland.

Earlier this year Dettre’s contribution to football saw him inducted into the FFA Hall of Fame.

His son Steven Dettre told FourFourTwo that his father’s impact went beyond words on a page.

“He told me that his proudest contribution was his push for the National Soccer League,” he said.

“He kept pushing those club presidents and it wasn’t an easy thing but they finally said, ‘yes let’s do it.’

“His other proudest moment was helping create the groundwork for the Australian Institute of Sport.

"To him it’s his greatest contribution to sport and that’s what he’s immensely proud of.

“There is still some legacies that are continuing from that period such as the Australia Sports Commission.”

Andrew Dettre’s passion for football saw him write for the Daily Telegraph, World Soccer in London, the French sports daily L’Equipe, Soccer World and Soccer Action in Melbourne.

Steven Dettre says more people should know how many journalists his father inspired.

“It’s important to know the foundations that Johnny Warren, Les Murray and Michael Cockerill built their careers on,” he said.

“It just didn’t happen out of the blue. I used to talk to Michael Cockerill all the time and he used to say the biggest influence on his career was reading what dad was writing in Soccer World.

“The same thing with Les and Andy Paschalidis. Dad gave Andy his start in journalism as a cadet at Australian Soccer Weekly.

“But dad was never really into accolades or glory, he did it for his own personal gratification and he was very proud of what he did in contributing towards Australian football and where it is today.”