Neil Ellett

Neil Ellett

Personal information
Date of birth	January 5, 1944 (1944-01-05) (age 67)
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).

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.

Club career

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.

National team

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.

Referee

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]

References

1. ^ Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame 2007
2. ^ Canada Soccer Hall of Fame: Neil Ellett

External links

• NASL stats
• Neil Ellett at National-Football-Teams.com
• CanadaSoccer.com: Neil Ellett

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Name	Ellett, Neil
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Date of birth	January 5, 1944
Place of birth	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
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