Laurie Calloway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Laurence John Calloway | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Des Moines Menace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1964 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 1964–1968 | Rochdale | 162 | (4) |
| 1968–1970 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | (1) |
| 1970–1971 | Southport | 45 | (7) |
| 1971–1972 | York City | 55 | (3) |
| 1972–1974 | Shrewsbury Town | 82 | (3) |
| 1974–1977 | San Jose Earthquakes | 71 | (3) |
| 1978 | Southern California Lazers | 5 | (0) |
| 1979 | San Jose Earthquakes | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978 | Southern California Lazers | ||
| 1981 | California Surf | ||
| 1983 | Seattle Sounders | ||
| 1984–1988 | San Jose Earthquakes (WSL) | ||
| 1990 | Salt Lake Sting | ||
| 1991–1992 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | ||
| 1996–1997 | San Jose Clash | ||
| 2001–2002 | Des Moines Menace | ||
| 2003–2004 | Syracuse Salty Dogs | ||
| 2004–2007 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | ||
| 2010–2012 | Des Moines Menace | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Laurence John "Laurie" Calloway (born 17 June 1945 in Birmingham, England) is a retired English-US soccer defender who spent thirteen years in the English leagues and five years in the North American Soccer League. Since retiring from playing professionally, Calloway has coached teams in several US leagues.
Calloway began his professional playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1962, but failed to make an appearance for their first team. He remained with Wolves until 1964 when he dropped down the league to join Rochdale where he would spend four seasons.
He spent the next thirteen years as a journeyman bouncing from one lower division club to another. In 1968 Calloway moved to Second Division Blackburn Rovers. After two seasons with Rovers he was sent to Division Four club Southport in August 1970 in exchange for Alex Russel. A year later Southport transferred Calloway to fellow Division Four club York City. He left York to his final English club Shrewsbury Town in 1972, where he remained for two seasons.
In 1974, Calloway left England to try his fortunes with the North American Soccer League. He signed with the San Jose Earthquakes. Over the next twenty-two years, he would return time and time again to the San Francisco Bay Area as both a player and a coach. From 1974 until 1977, Calloway became an integral part of the Earthquakes. His playing time peaked in 1977 when he saw time in 26 games and scored two goals. However, he received his greatest recognition in his first year with the team when he was selected as an NASL All Star Honorable Mention (third team). In 1978, he left the Earthquakes to coach and play for the Southern California Lazers of the American Soccer League (ASL), but was back in San Jose for the 1979 season. That year, he saw his lowest time on the field and he retired at the end of the season.
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