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Big Con—Australia's Unknown Soccer Pioneer Dianne Whelan But the first of hisHe fled a scandal. He built a sporting empire. He left behind a legacylargely forgotten in his homeland. Con Jonesborn Thomas Shortelwas a bookmaker, a fugitive, a family man, and a genius sports promoter who reshaped Canadian soccer and lacrosse in the early 20th century. Leaving Sydney in disgrace after a Melbourne Cup betting scandal, he arrived in Vancouver and reinvented himself as a sporting visionary. Jones introduced professional soccer to