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Lee Atack

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Lee Atack
Personal information
Full name Lee Mitchel Atack
Date of birth (1951-01-10) 10 January 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 Los Angeles Aztecs 12 (0)
1978 Oakland Stompers 24 (0)
1979 Edmonton Drillers 24 (2)
1980 Golden Gate Gales
1980–1981 San Francisco Fog (indoor) 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Atack is an American soccer defender who played four seasons in the North American Soccer League and one in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Atack attended high school in Newark, CA at Newark High school, and played soccer for Coach Harold (Hal) Bodon. Following college at UCSF and San Jose State, Atack began his NASL career with the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1975. In 1978, he spent a season with the Oakland Stompers. Later in 1978, the Stompers were sold to a new ownership which moved the team to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Atack moved to Canada with the team, which soon became known as the Edmonton Drillers. In 1980, he moved to the Golden Gate Gales of the American Soccer League. He also played the 1980-1981 Major Indoor Soccer League season with the San Francisco Fog. Atack has two sons and a daughter

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