John Kerr (soccer, born 1943) explained

John Kerr
Birth Date:1943 10, df=y
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:North Carolina, United States
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Partick Thistle
Years1:1961–1967
Years2:1968
Years3:1969–1971
Years4:1971
Years5:1971
Years6:1972
Years7:1972–1973
Years8:1973–1975
Years9:1976–1977
Clubs1:Hamilton Steelers /-Primos
Clubs2:Detroit Cougars
Clubs3:Washington Darts
Clubs4:Washington Darts (indoor)
Clubs5:New York Hota
Clubs6:New York Cosmos
Clubs7:Club América
Clubs8:New York Cosmos
Clubs9:Washington Diplomats
Caps2:26
Caps4:2
Caps6:14
Caps8:36
Caps9:33
Goals2:9
Goals4:1
Goals6:3
Goals8:2
Goals9:0
Nationalyears1:1968–1977
Nationalteam1:Canada
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1977
Manageryears3:1987–1990
Manageryears4:1993–1994
Managerclubs1:Washington Diplomats (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Fairfax Spartans
Managerclubs3:Washington Stars
Managerclubs4:Richmond Kickers

John Kerr Sr. (15 October 1943 – 19 June 2011) was a professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Born in Scotland, he played for the Canada men's national team.

Club career

Kerr began his professional career with Partick Thistle in Scotland. When his mother moved to Canada, Kerr followed and emigrated to the Toronto area before signing with the Hamilton Steelers/Primos in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League and later in the National Soccer League (NSL).[2] He also played with Hamilton Croatia in the NSL.[3] In 1968, he played in the North American Soccer League with the Detroit Cougars. In 1969, he joined the Washington Darts of the second division American Soccer League where he was a First Team All Star.[4] The Darts moved up to the NASL in 1970 and Kerr remained with the team through the 1971 season. He was the league's 14th leading scorer with Washington in 1971 with 18 points in 24 games. He scored Washington only goal of the NASL's first-ever indoor tournament in 1971.[5] He also played for New York Hota of the German American Soccer League when it won the 1971 National Challenge Cup. He also played for Club América of Mexico in the early 1970s. In 1972, Kerr became a member of the New York Cosmos. In 1972, he was again the league's 14th top scorer with 10 points in 14 games with the Cosmos and was named league First Team All-Star at midfield.[6] He then played the 1976 and 1977 seasons with the Washington Diplomats, serving during the 1977 season as an assistant coach. However, on 17 July 1977, the Dips informed Kerr that the team planned to release him.[7]

International career

Kerr played ten times for Canada, four times in World Cup qualifying in 1968, five times in W.C. qualifying in 1976 and once in a 1977 friendly. Canada failed to qualify for either World Cup.

Coaching

Kerr coached the Georgetown University freshman soccer team in 1970 and then coached the American Eagles men's soccer team in 1971.[8] Kerr took the amateur Fairfax Spartans to the 1986 National Amateur Cup. In 1987, the Spartans became known as F.C. Washington and later the Washington Stars as it entered the American Soccer League. Kerr was hired as head coach of the Stars on 24 June 1987.[9] He coached the Stars until the team folded following the 1990 American Professional Soccer League season. Kerr was head coach of the Richmond Kickers in 1993–94.[10]

He was the Major League Soccer's Players Association executive director during the late 1990s.[11] [12]

Kerr coached the varsity boys' team at Hilton Head High School in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the mid-2000s. At the time of his death, Kerr was coaching for Triangle Futbol Club in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Personal life

In 2008, Kerr was inducted into the Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame.[13] In 2015 Kerr was inducted as a builder into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.[14] Kerr's son John Kerr Jr. is a former American international.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Stats, scores and schedules . The Washington Post . 20 June 2011.
  2. Book: Jose, Colin. Keeping Score - Canadian Encyclopedia of Soccer. The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. 1998. 0-9683800-0-X. Vaughan, Ontario. 158.
  3. Web site: 9 July 1980. Summer soccer proves big hit. 5 January 2021. Newspapers.com. 100 Mile House Free Press. 27. en.
  4. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1969. homepages.sover.net. 14 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20150812005517/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1969.html#ASL. 12 August 2015. dead.
  5. News: Flachsbart . Harold . Fans Get A Kick Out Of Hoc-Soc. 20 March 1971. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 6. 14 August 2016.
  6. Web site: NASL All-Star Teams, all-time. homepages.sover.net. 14 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413194036/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/nasl/naslallstar.html. 13 April 2018. dead.
  7. Veterans Kerr, Macken Dropped by Diplomats Washington Post, The (DC) – Monday, 18 July 1977
  8. Web site: Coach John Kerr, 'Blue Boy Soccer's New Addition.
  9. EX-DIPLOMAT KERR NAMED F.C . WASHINGTON COACH Washington Post – Wednesday, 24 June 1987
  10. News: Richmond Times-Dispatch. Lindquist, Jerry. KICKERS' KERR WANTS MORE OFFENSE NEW-LOOK TEAM AT HOME TONIGHT. 28 May 1994.
  11. News: Los Angeles Times. Ello, Chris. MISLPA's Kerr Expects New Agreement League That Would Not Fold Manages to Live Another Day. https://archive.today/20130131155500/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59803993.html?dids=59803993:59803993&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+15,+1988&author=CHRIS+ELLO&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MISLPA's+Kerr+Expects+New+Agreement+League+That+Would+Not+Fold+Manages+to+Live+Another+Day&pqatl=google. dead. 31 January 2013. 15 July 1988.
  12. News: USA Today. Langdon, Jerry. MLS players take on transfer fee system. 7 May 1997. 6 July 2017. 23 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023100520/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/11668913.html?dids=11668913:11668913&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+07,+1997&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=MLS+players+take+on+transfer+fee+system&pqatl=google. dead.
  13. http://www.vadcsoccerhof.org/inductees/287064.html Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame
  14. Web site: Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca. 10 November 2015. 20 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151120053108/http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/about-us/news-events/986-get-to-know-the-2015-hall-of-fame-induction-class. dead.