Franklin Lawson

Franklin Lawson is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Soccer League and the United Soccer League.

Franklin Lawson
Personal information
Place of birth Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
Belmont Abbey College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Nashville Diamonds
1983 Pennsylvania Stoners
1984 Charlotte Gold
New York Arrows (indoor)
1984 New York Nationals
1985 United Soccer League
Atlanta Lightning (indoor)
1986 Atlanta Datagraphic
2012 Atlanta Silverbacks
Teams managed
Georgia Perimeter College (assistant)
– OFC Black (head)
– OFC Red (head)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Raised in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Lawson graduated from Cedar Ridge High School.[1] He then attended Belmont Abbey College where he graduated in 1977.

He turned professional in 1981 with the Nashville Diamonds of the American Soccer League. He played for the Pennsylvania Stoners and Charlotte Gold in 1984. He spent time with the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played for the New York Nationals in the United Soccer League. He finished his professional career with the Atlanta Lightning of the SISL. He later played for Atlanta Datagraphic. He served as an assistant with the Georgia Perimeter College women's soccer team from the 1990s until recently. He coached for the OFC Black team and led them to a five-win season and a semifinal appearance in the Athens Finale in 2014. The team finished on the brink of promotion with 27 points. He is currently a coach of the 06 boys team of the CSC youth soccer club in Anchorage, Alaska.[2]

References
  1. GPC Jaguar Women's Soccer: Coaches Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Georgia Perimeter College. Accessed November 7, 2017. "Franklin Lawson enters his tenth year as assistant coach of Georgia Perimeter College women's soccer program. A native of New Jersey, Lawson was a second team All-State player at Cedar Ridge High School in Old Bridge, New Jersey."
  2. Georgia Perimeter College
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