Doug Wark

Doug Wark

Personal information
Date of birth	December 24, 1951 (1951-12-24) (age 59)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
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)
National team
1975	United States	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Doug Wark is a former Scottish-American soccer forward who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League and at least one season in Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1975.

College

Wark attended 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

External links

• NASL/MISL Stats

References

1. ^ http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:BTtI6CCw8F8J:www.hartwick.edu/x12593.xml+site:www.hartwick.edu+doug+wark+hartwick&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
2. ^ http://www.ussoccerstats.50megs.com/catalog.html
3. ^ http://www.oursportscentral.com/misl/197879.html
4. ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979

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Name	Wark, Doug
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Date of birth	December 24, 1951
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
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