Barry Wallace (footballer)

Barry Wallace (17 April 1959 – 17 October 2006) was an English football defender who played professionally in the Football League, North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. After his retirement from playing, Wallace spent the rest of his life coaching youth soccer teams.

Barry Wallace
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-04-17)17 April 1959
Place of birth London, England
Date of death 17 October 2006(2006-10-17) (aged 47)
Place of death Lenexa, Kansas, United States
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1975–1977 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Queens Park Rangers 25 (0)
1980–1984 Tulsa Roughnecks 128 (18)
1980–1981 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) 16 (13)
1984 Minnesota Strikers 4 (0)
1984–1985 Minnesota Strikers (indoor) 16 (5)
1985–1987 Wichita Wings (indoor) 94 (45)
1987–1988 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 54 (29)
1988 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1989 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 24 (12)
1989 Tulsa Renegades
1989 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 10 (0)
1989–1990 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 29 (9)
1991 Tulsa Renegades (indoor)
1991–1992 Tulsa Ambush (indoor) 19 (12)
1993–1994 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)
1994 Wichita Wings (indoor) 2 (0)
1995–1996 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)
1996 Tulsa Roughnecks
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1975, Wallace signed with Queens Park Rangers at the age of sixteen. He spent two seasons in the QPR youth system before graduating to the first team in 1977. He played twenty-five first team games over three seasons.[1] In 1980, he moved to the United States to sign with the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League. He remained with the Roughnecks until traded to the Minnesota Strikers during the 1984 season. Wallace was named to four all-NASL teams, including the 1983 Best XI. In Soccer Bowl '83 he assisted on the game-winning goal by Njego Pesa. He finished the 1984 outdoor season with the Strikers, then began the 1984–1985 indoor season in Minnesota before being sent to the Wichita Wings in January 1985. On 20 October 1987, Wallace signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Comets.[2] In June 1988, Wallace returned to outdoor soccer with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Soccer League.[3] He rejoined the Comets as a free agent in January 1989.[4] In June 1989, he moved to the Tulsa Renegades of the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League. At the time, Wallace lived in Tulsa.[5] In July 1989, Wallace signed as a free agent with the Tacoma Stars of MISL. He joined the team at the end of the SOSL playoffs in August.[6] On 23 December 1989, the Stars traded Wallace to the Kansas City Comets in exchange for Kia and Gerry Gray.[7] The Comets released Wallace at the end of the season. In January 1991, he signed with the Tulsa Renegades which were in the midst of the 1990–91 Sunbelt Independent Soccer League season.[8] In December 1991, he moved to the Tulsa Ambush of the National Professional Soccer League.[9] In 1993, he played for the Tulsa Roughnecks in the USISL.[10] In December 1994, the Wichita Wings signed Wallace to a short-term contract after the team was decimated by injuries.[11][12] In 1995, he returned to the Tulsa Roughnecks.[13] He finished his professional career with the Roughnecks during the 1996 USISL outdoor season.

Wallace died from cancer in Kansas in 2006.

References
  1. Queens Park Rangers: 1946–2009 Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "DEALS" THE SEATTLE TIMES Wednesday, 21 October 1987
  3. "STRIKERS' WAIT FOR WALLACE ENDS" Sun-Sentinel Tuesday, 7 June 1988
  4. "DEALS" USA TODAY Friday, 13 January 1989
  5. "Wallace to play for Renegades" Tulsa World Wednesday, 19 July 1989
  6. "NEW-LOOK STARS OPEN MISL SEASON AT OLD RIVAL WICHITA" Seattle Post-Intelligencer Saturday, 28 October 1989
  7. "DEALS" THE SEATTLE TIMES Saturday, 23 December 1989
  8. "Wallace to debut for Renegades" Tulsa World Friday, 11 January 1991
  9. "Wallace returns to Tulsa" Tulsa World Friday, 29 November 1991
  10. "Maricle Shows Way As Roughnecks Nip Oklahoma City, 9–8" Tulsa World Sunday, 28 November 1993
  11. "WICHITA CRUMBLES IN ATTACK KANSAS CITY ROLLS PAST WINGS 21–7" Wichita Eagle Saturday, 10 December 1994
  12. NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1994–1995 Archived 3 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Moreland's Ready – Roughnecks Open Indoor Season Saturday" Tulsa World Friday, 3 November 1995
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