Neil Stam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Neil Stam

American soccer player

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1942

Place of Birth: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Neil Stam

  • Neil Stam (born January 7, 1942, in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a retired U.S.
  • soccer defender who was a member of the U.S.
  • Olympic soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Stam attended Springfield College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1960 to 1963.
  • He graduated in 1964 with a degree in sports physiology.
  • In 1988, Springfield inducted Stam into its Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • His career between 1964 and 1967 is unknown, but that year, he began playing with the U.S.
  • Olympic Soccer Team as it began qualification for the finals.
  • Stam was captain of the team which was unsuccessful in reaching the tournament.
  • He returned to the Olympic team in 1971.
  • This time, it was successful in reaching the 1972 Olympic Tournament where Stam played all three U.S.
  • games.
  • The U.S.
  • went 0-2-1.
  • When he went to the 1972 Olympics, Stam was listed as playing for the German-American Football Club with an unknown league affiliation.
  • He had also played for the Paterson Dovers.
  • He currently lives on Long Island where he teaches physical education and coaches the boys' soccer and baseball teams at Centereach High School.

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