Barry Wallace (footballer)

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Barry Wallace
Personal information
Full name Barry Daniel Wallace
Date of birth (1959-04-17)17 April 1959
Place of birth London, England
Date of death 17 October 2006(2006-10-17) (aged 47)
Place of death Lenexa, Kansas, United States
Position(s)
Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1977
Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980
Queens Park Rangers
25 (0)
1980–1984
Tulsa Roughnecks
128 (18)
1980–1981
Tulsa Roughnecks
(indoor)
16 (13)
1984 Minnesota Strikers 4 (0)
1984–1985 Minnesota Strikers (indoor) 16 (5)
1985–1987 Wichita Wings (indoor) 94 (45)
1987–1988
Kansas City Comets
(indoor)
54 (29)
1988
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1989
Kansas City Comets
(indoor)
24 (12)
1989 Tulsa Renegades
1989
Tacoma Stars
(indoor)
10 (0)
1989–1990
Kansas City Comets
(indoor)
29 (9)
1991 Tulsa Renegades (indoor)
1991–1992
Tulsa Ambush
(indoor)
19 (12)
1993–1994 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)
1994 Wichita Wings (indoor) 2 (0)
1995–1996 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)
1996 Tulsa Roughnecks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Daniel Wallace (17 April 1959 – 17 October 2006) was an English

Major Indoor Soccer League
. After his retirement from playing, Wallace spent the rest of his life coaching youth soccer teams.

Playing career

In 1975, Wallace signed with

USISL.[10] In December 1994, the Wichita Wings signed Wallace to a short-term contract after the team was decimated by injuries.[11][12] In 1995, he returned to the Tulsa Roughnecks.[13]
He finished his professional career with the Roughnecks during the 1996 USISL outdoor season.

Personal life and death

Wallace was born in London in 1959 to James and Violet Wallace. He had one brother four sisters. In early September 2006 Wallace learned he had terminal cancer and died in Kansas in mid-October. He left behind his wife Krisiti, son Daniel, daughter Sophie, and step-daughters Stephanie, Stacie and Sydnie.[14]

References

  1. ^ Queens Park Rangers: 1946–2009 Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "DEALS" THE SEATTLE TIMES Wednesday, 21 October 1987
  3. ^ "STRIKERS' WAIT FOR WALLACE ENDS" Sun-Sentinel Tuesday, 7 June 1988
  4. ^ "DEALS" USA TODAY Friday, 13 January 1989
  5. ^ "Wallace to play for Renegades" Tulsa World Wednesday, 19 July 1989
  6. ^ "NEW-LOOK STARS OPEN MISL SEASON AT OLD RIVAL WICHITA" Seattle Post-Intelligencer Saturday, 28 October 1989
  7. ^ "DEALS" THE SEATTLE TIMES Saturday, 23 December 1989
  8. ^ "Wallace to debut for Renegades" Tulsa World Friday, 11 January 1991
  9. ^ "Wallace returns to Tulsa" Tulsa World Friday, 29 November 1991
  10. ^ "Maricle Shows Way As Roughnecks Nip Oklahoma City, 9–8" Tulsa World Sunday, 28 November 1993
  11. ^ "WICHITA CRUMBLES IN ATTACK KANSAS CITY ROLLS PAST WINGS 21–7" Wichita Eagle Saturday, 10 December 1994
  12. ^ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1994–1995 Archived 3 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Moreland's Ready – Roughnecks Open Indoor Season Saturday" Tulsa World Friday, 3 November 1995
  14. ^ "Barry Daniel Wallace Obituary (2006) Kansas City Star". Legacy.com.

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