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1973-1976
  
Role
  
Soccer player

Name
  
John Houska


1978-1980
  
Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Goalkeeper

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Date of birth
  
(1956-05-13) May 13, 1956 (age 59)

Place of birth
  
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

1979-1980
  

John Houska is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

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College

Houska attended Loyola University Maryland, where he played on the men's soccer team from 1973 to 1978. He holds the team records for saves in a season (193) and career (471). In 1976, he backstopped the Greyhounds to the NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship. He was also a 1976 Honorable Mention (third team) and 1975 Second Team All American. He was inducted into the Loyola University Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional

In 1980, he signed with the Memphis Rogues of the North American Soccer League. He led the league during the 1979-1980 NASL indoor season. In the fall of 1980, he moved to the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League where he spent two seasons. He also played for the St. Louis Steamers from 1982 to 1984.

He was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame in 1999.

References

John Houska Wikipedia


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