Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | January 31, 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Donbas, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–67 | LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968 | New York Generals | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dov Markus (born January 31, 1946) is an Israeli-American former soccer player.[1][2] At Long Island University he was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy, as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year, and was a two-time All American. In 1965 as a sophomore, Markus scored 35 goals in 14 games for 70 points, at the time both the most-ever goals and the most-ever points in an NCAA season. Over his three-year career, Markus scored 79 goals, setting a new NCAA career record, in 49 games. Markus played a season with the New York Generals of the North American Soccer League, and played in the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel for the United States.