Gordon Wallace (soccer)

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Gordon Wallace
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-01-06) 6 January 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973 Montreal Olympique 7 (1)
1974 Toronto Metros 3 (1)
Montreal Castors
1980–1981 Toronto Blizzard 12 (1)
1982 Hamilton Steelers
International career
1973–1980 Canada 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon Wallace (born 6 January 1955) is a retired Scottish-Canadian soccer player who played professional in the North American Soccer League and earned nine caps with the Canadian men's national soccer team.

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National team

A forward, Wallace started in three games for Canada in the fall of 1973 in a friendlies away against Luxembourg and twice against Haiti. He played three more times in 1974 in friendlies played away against Bermuda, East Germany, and as a substitute against Poland. He did not play again until 1980 when he started in New Zealand, and came on as a substitute against Honduras and Guatemala. In his nine appearances he did not score any goals. [1]

Professional

Wallace played club soccer in the NASL for the Montreal Olympique in 1973, Toronto Metros in 1974, and the Toronto Blizzard in the summers of 1980 and 81. He also played for the Montreal Castors of the National Soccer League. [2] In 1982, he returned to the National Soccer League to play with Hamilton Steelers where he assisted in securing the NSL Championship. [3]

Son William Wallace soon to be Graduate of IT Tralee, Ireland.

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References

  1. ↑ CanadaSoccer.com
  2. ↑ Knack, Marty (18 July 1977). "Castors cool off Windsor Stars, 3-2". Newspapers.com. p. 21. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dinamo Latino Cayo por 1-0 Frente a Hamilton". El Popular. 2 June 1982. p. 16.


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