Doug Wark
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 24, 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970-1971 | Mitchell College | ||
| 1972-1973 | Hartwick College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1974 | Rochester Lancers | 6 | (1) |
| 1975-1976 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 17 | (0) |
| 1976 | San Diego Jaws | 4 | (1) |
| 1977 | Las Vegas Quicksilvers | 17 | (2) |
| 1978 | San Diego Sockers | 2 | (0) |
| 1978 | San Jose Earthquakes | 8 | (0) |
| 1978 | Chicago Sting | 2 | (0) |
| 1978-1979 | Cincinnati Kids (indoor) | 22 | (29) |
| 1979-1980 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 8 | (6) |
| 1980 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 2 | (2) |
| 1980-1981 | San Francisco Fog (indoor) | 15 | (4) |
| Total | 103 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975 | United States | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Doug Wark is a former Scottish-American soccer forward who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1975.
Wark grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[1] where he attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1970.[2]
College
Wark attended Mitchell College and then transferred to Hartwick College where he played two seasons of soccer in 1972 and 1973. He earned second-team All American recognition in 1973 as Hartwick went to the NCAA quarterfinals. Inducted into the Hartwick Athletic Hall of Fame on September 30, 1995.[3]
Professional
Wark left Hartwick after his sophomore season to sign with the Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He spent only one season in Rochester before being traded to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Rowdies then traded him to the San Diego Jaws four games into the 1976 season. In 1977, the Jaws moved to Las Vegas where they were renamed the Las Vegas Quicksilvers. After the 1977 season, the team was back in San Diego, now known as the San Diego Sockers. He again began the season with one team only to be traded by the Sockers to the San Jose Earthquakes during the 1978 season. After only eight games in San Jose, and he was again traded, this time to the Chicago Sting. He finished the 1978 NASL season in Chicago, then left the league.[4] In 1975, the NASL ran an indoor tournament. Wark scored seven goals in two games with the Tampa Bay Rowdies making him the tournament’s second leading scorer behind Paul Child. Wark was selected to the all tournament team.
When Wark left the NASL following the 1978 season, he signed with the Cincinnati Kids of Major Indoor Soccer League for the inaugural MISL season. He scored twenty-nine goals in twenty-two games.[5] He began the 1980-1981 season with the Baltimore Blast but moved to the San Francisco Fog after two games.
National team
Wark earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a June 24, 1975 loss to Poland. He started the game, then came off in the 84th minute for Kevin Welsh.[6]
External links
References
- ↑ Staff. "Warr Picked on 2nd Team", The Day (New London), December 15, 1971. Accessed August 18, 2015. "Wark, a Scotsman whose home is in Teaneck, N.J., was the only Mitchell player recognized."
- ↑ Hi-Way 1970 Yearbook, p. 89.
- ↑ Hartwick Hall of Fame
- ↑ http://www.ussoccerstats.50megs.com/catalog.html
- ↑ http://www.oursportscentral.com/misl/197879.html
- ↑ USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979