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Mark Lindsay (footballer)

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Mark Lindsay
Personal information
Full name Mark Edward Lindsay[1]
Date of birth (1955-03-06) 6 March 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Lambeth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1973 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1975 Crystal Palace 30 (0)
1975–1977 Tampa Bay Rowdies 59 (6)
1975–1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 11 (7)
1978 Houston Hurricane (indoor)
1978–1979 Houston Hurricane 12 (4)
1978–1979 Houston Summit (indoor) 10 (3)
1979–1981 California Surf 65 (10)
1979–1981 California Surf (indoor) 30 (25)
1981 San Jose Earthquakes 16 (4)
1981–1982 Jacksonville Tea Men (indoor) 16 (9)
1982 Jacksonville Tea Men 29 (1)
1982–1983 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 13 (2)
1983–1984 Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) 40 (11)
1984 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7 (0)
1986–1987 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)
Total 338 (82)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Edward Lindsay (born 6 March 1955) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

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Born in Lambeth, Lindsay began his youth career at Crystal Palace,[3] and signed professional terms in August 1973.[4] He made 30 appearances in the Football League for the club.[1]

He later played in the United States, spending nine seasons in the North American Soccer League, three in the Major Indoor Soccer League, and one in the American Indoor Soccer Association, playing with Tampa Bay Rowdies, Houston Hurricane, Houston Summit, California Surf, San Jose Earthquakes, Jacksonville Tea Men, Baltimore Blast and Los Angeles Lazers.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mark Lindsay". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "NASL-Mark Lindsay". nasljerseys.com.
  3. ^ www.holmesdale.net, Holmesdale Online. "Mark Lindsay". Holmesdale Online.
  4. ^ Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 332. ISBN 0907969542.