Doc Lawson

Doc Lawson
Personal information
Full name	Adolphus Lawson
Date of birth	February 11, 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Liberia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1976–1978	Southern Connecticut State University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1979	Cincinnati Kids (indoor)
1979	San Jose Earthquakes
1979–1982	Philadelphia Fever (indoor)
1979–1980	San Diego Sockers
1982–1984	New York Arrows (indoor)
1984	New York Cosmos
1984–1985	New York Cosmos (indoor)
1985–1991	Dallas Sidekicks (indoor)
1992	Dallas Rockets
International career
1979	United States
1989	U.S. Futsal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aldophus "Doc" Lawson (born February 11, 1958) is a former

FIFA Futsal World Championship

.

Youth

While born in

PSAL Iron Horse/Pegasus award for soccer for the 1975–1976 season.^[1] Following graduation from high school in 1976, Lawson attended Southern Connecticut State University

, playing on the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1978. He was the first Fighting Owl to receive All American recognition when he was named a third team All American in both 1977 and 1978. In 1978, he left college to turn professional.

Professional

Lawson signed with the

Dallas Sidekicks

on October 1, 1985. Lawson became one of only five players to have his jersey number retired by Dallas, having played for the Sidekicks for six seasons. He was an integral part of the 1986-87 MISL championship team. When he retired in 1991, he was the last active original member of MISL.

In addition to his long indoor career, Lawson also spent several seasons in the

New York Cosmos

for the last year of the NASL.

He retired after the 1990–91 season and went into private business in Dallas. In 1992, he briefly played for the

USISL

.

caps with the U.S. national team in October 1979. His first came in a 3–1 win over Bermuda on October 7. His second was a 3–0 loss France three days later and his last game was a 2–0 loss to Hungary on October 26.^[2]

Lawson was selected for the U.S. Olympic team as it began qualification for the 1980 Summer Olympics to be held in Moscow. Qualifications continued into 1980 and the U.S. ultimately qualified for the games, its first since the 1972 Summer Olympics. However, President Jimmy Carter declared that the United States would boycott the games after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

In 1989, Lawson played eight games, scoring one goal, with the

FIFA Futsal World Championship. The U.S. took third place.^[3]

Post playing career

Since retiring in 1991, Lawson has held several positions in the Texas soccer community. Lawson has also traveled back to his home country, Liberia, numerous times since his retirement, running camps to teach local children the game of soccer. In 2014, Lawson had to cut short a visit to Liberia due to the Ebola outbreak.[4]

References

^ Iron Horse Athletes Archived December 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979 Archived February 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ U.S. Futsal Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Former soccer star plans return to Ebola-stricken Liberia". 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

External links

[1] Iron Horse Athletes Archived December 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979 Archived February 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] U.S. Futsal Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Former soccer star plans return to Ebola-stricken Liberia". 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

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Youth

Professional

International

Post playing career

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