Jim Bokern
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 16, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1973 | St. Louis University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1976 | St. Louis Stars | 48 | (6) |
| – | St. Louis Kutis | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Forest Park Community College | |||
| St. Louis Kutis | |||
| 1994–1995 | St. Louis Knights | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jim Bokern (born 16 April 1952) is a retired U.S. soccer forward who played three seasons in the North American Soccer League. He then went on to coach at the high school, collegiate and amateur levels. He won a high school state title, three NCAA Division I, a National Amateur Cup, a National Challenge Cup, and two USSF Over-30 Cup championship as a player as well as two high school state titles, one National Challenge Cup championship, two U.S. U-20 Cup titles and two U.S. O-30 Cup titles as a coach.
Bokern grew up in South St. Louis. He attended St. Mary’s High School where he played on the 1970 Undefeated Missouri State championship soccer team. He was named the team’s Offensive MVP. He then attended St. Louis University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1970 to 1973. During those years, the Billikens won the NCAA Division I national championship three times (1970, 1972 and 1973). He was inducted into the St. Louis University Hall of Fame in 1996. During his college years, he also played for St. Louis Kutis S.C. with whom he won the 1971 National Amateur Cup. In that game, he scored two goals as Kutis defeated Cleveland Inter-Italian 4-1. In 1974, the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League drafted Bokern. He spent three seasons in the NASL. He then played at the semi-professional and amateur levels for over twenty years with Kutis. In 1985, Bokern and his team mates won the National Challenge Cup title.
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