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Carl Schwarzen

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Carl Schwarzen
Personal information
Date of birth August 29, 1943
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Quincy University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967 St. Louis Stars 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carl Schwarzen (born August 29, 1943) is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally for one season in the National Professional Soccer League.

In 1961, Schwarzen graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School. He is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[1] Schwarzen attended Quincy University, where he was a 1966 Honorable Mention (third team) All-American soccer player.[2] That year, Quincy won the NAIA national men's soccer championship. In 2006, Schwarzen, along with the entire 1966 Quincy soccer team was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame.[3]

In 1967, Schwarzen became one of three native-born Americans to play in the newly established National Professional Soccer League when he signed with the St. Louis Stars.[4] In 2016, Schwarzen was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Bishop DuBourgh High School Athletic Hall of Fame Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Quincy University soccer awards Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Quincy To Induct Hall Of Famers Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1967". Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  5. ^ "Schwarzen, Carl 2016". St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
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