Tony Glavin

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Tony Glavin
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-04-29) 29 April 1958
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1975-1976Queen's Park
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1978Queen's Park64(7)
1978–1980Philadelphia Fury66(13)
1979Hamilton Academical14(5)
1980–1987St. Louis Steamers (indoor)153(157)
1987–1991Kansas City Comets (indoor)29(4)
Total326(186)
Teams managed
1983–1987St. Louis Steamers (assistant)
1987–1988Kansas City Comets
1990Dayton Dynamo
1991-2000St. Louis Kutis
2006St. Louis Lions
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tony Glavin (born 29 April 1958) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in both Scotland and the United States, making over 300 career appearances.

Career

Playing career

Born in Glasgow, Glavin spent time in the Scottish Football League with both Queen's Park and Hamilton Academical,[1][2] before playing in the United States (in both the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League) for the Philadelphia Fury, the St. Louis Steamers, and the Kansas City Comets.[3]

Coaching career

On 9 February 1987, the St. Louis Steamers fired head coach Pat McBride and replaced him with Glavin.[4] Glavin then worked as an Assistant for the Kansas City Comets, playing a handful of games for them.[5] In August 1990, he was hired to coach the Dayton Dynamo of the American Indoor Soccer Association.[6] In 1994, he founded the "Tony Glavin Soccer Club" in Cottleville, Missouri.[7] In December 2005, the United Soccer Leagues awarded a franchise to Glavin and his partners, which became the St. Louis Lions, to which Glavin was also named as Head Coach of the team, known as the St. Louis Lions.[8]

References

  1. "QUEEN'S PARK : 1946/47 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. 
  2. "HAMILTON ACADEMICAL : 1946/47 - 2010/11". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. 
  3. "Profile". NASL Jerseys. 
  4. "Steamers Fire Coach". Seattle Times. 9 February 1987. 
  5. "Glavin to wear two hats for the Comets K.C. assistant also will play tonight, against Sockers". San Diego Union. 11 November 1988. 
  6. "Glavin Takes Reins For Dynamo Program". Dayton Daily News. 28 August 1990. 
  7. Tony Glavin Soccer Club
  8. "Lions introduced in St Louis as new PDL franchise". United Soccer Leagues. 16 December 2005. 
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