Mike Custer

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Mike Custer
Personal information
Date of birth(1956-08-18)August 18, 1956
Place of birth Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Date of death May 18, 2008(2008-05-18) (aged 51)
Place of death Texas, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1979 Ottawa Braves
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1981 Wichita Wings (indoor) 45 (3)
1983–1984 Memphis Americans (indoor) 6 (0)
Managerial career
1986–1987 Milwaukee Wave
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Custer was an American soccer forward who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and coached in the American Indoor Soccer Association.

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Player

Youth

Custer graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. He attended Ottawa University where he set the school's season records for goals (28) and points (67). [1] He is a member of the Ottawa University 1980-1989 All Decade Team and was named the Player of the Decade. [2]

Professional

In 1979, Custer left Ottawa to attend an open tryout with the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Custer won a contract and spent two seasons with the Wings. In 1983, he played six games with the Memphis Americans.

Executive

From 1985 to January 1986, Custer served as operations director for the Dallas Sidekicks. [3] On January 12, 1986, Custer became the head coach of the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League. The Wave fired him on January 18, 1987. [4] Custer then became an executive with the Louisville Thunder. [5]

Personal

In July 1996, Custer was convicted of three counts of Indecency With a Child (by contact) in Dallas County, Texas. [6] After his release from prison, he worked as the general manager for Goffs Hamburgers on Hillcrest Rd. until the time of his death. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Men's School Soccer Records
  2. ↑ Men's soccer All-Decade Team
  3. ↑ Dallas Sidekicks staff
  4. ↑ Wave fires Custer
  5. ↑ Custer get job with Thunder
  6. ↑ "Michael Mckay Custer Mugshot - Michael Mckay Custer Arrest - Dallas County, TX - Booked for 36010001 - Indecency With a Child (by contact), 36010001 - Indecency With a Child (by contact), 36010001 - Indecency With a Child (by contact)". mugshots.com. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Michael McKay Custer's Obituary on Dallas Morning News". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
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