| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 5, 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1961-1967 | Vancouver North Shore | ||
| 1969-1970 | Croatia S.C. | ||
| Vancouver Eintracht | |||
| 1974-1975 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1972-1973 | Canada | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Neil Ellett (born in Richmond, British Columbia) was a Canadian soccer player who spent his career with Vancouver teams, including the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League. He also played for the member of the Canadian national and Olympic soccer teams.
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Ellett graduated from Burnaby North Secondary School. He began playing for Vancouver North Shore of the Pacific Coast Soccer League when he was seventeen. He played at least one season (1969-70) in the Pacific Coast Soccer League (when the league was amateur) with soccer club Croatia S.C. He also played for Vancouver Eintracht. Ellett was an original member of the Vancouver Whitecaps, playing with the team in 1974 and 1975. His only Whitecap was the first scored by the team in their history, on May 4, 1974 at Empire Stadium.
Ellet played eight 'A' internationals for Canada in 1972 and 1973. He also played once for the 1971 Olympic team in Vancouver and scored as Canada defeated Mexico 1-0. Canada failed however to qualify for Munich.
Ellett is currently a youth soccer referee and referee assessor in British Columbia.
He was inducted into the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.[1] He is also a member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.[2]