John Young (footballer, born 1957)

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John Young
Personal information
Date of birth(1957-09-19)19 September 1957
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 2017 (age 59) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
-1976 Links B.C.
1977–1979 Hartwick College
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976-1977 Meadowbank Thistle 26 (7)
1980–1981 Denver Avalanche (indoor) 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Young is a Scottish retired association football midfielder who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and in the Scottish Football League for Meadowbank Thistle.

Young played his youth football with Links Boys Club in Edinhurgh, playing for Scotland at under-16 level, before joining up with Meadowbank Thistle. [2] He played 26 games, scoring seven goals, before he was offered a scholarship at Hartwick College, where he played from 1977 to 1979. [3] [4] In his freshman season, he was part of the Hawks' NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship and Young was selected as the Final Four's Offensive MVP. He was a 1979 First Team All American. [5]

He played for the Denver Avalanche of the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1980–1981 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Hartwick's 1977 Soccer Champs Come Home". The Daily Star (Oneonta). Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Brown, Neil. "Meadowbank Thistle & Livingston". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Soccer Scholarship". Shoot!. Pedigree Group Ltd. 1 October 1977.
  4. ↑ "Hartwick Hawks soccer records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "1979 All Americans". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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