Gary DeLong

Gary DeLong is an American former soccer goalkeeper.

For the California politician, see Gary DeLong (politician).
Gary DeLong
Personal information
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968 Vancouver Royals 9 (0)
National team
1968–1969 United States 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1958, DeLong graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California where he was a 1958 All State/San Francisco Section soccer player.[1] He is a member of the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame.[2] In 1968, he played nine games for the Vancouver Royals of the North American Soccer League.[3] That year, he also earned six caps with the U.S. national team. His first game came in a 3-3 tie with Israel on September 15, 1968. He was also in goal for the 4-0 loss to Israel ten days later.[4] He played three 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification games that year, a loss to Canada on October 17 and two victories over Bermuda on November 2 and 10.[5][6]

References
  1. "AAA/CIF San Francisco Section All State" (PDF). cifsf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  2. "San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame members" (PDF). cifsf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-16.
  3. "NASL statistics". nasljerseys.com.
  4. "September 25, 1968: Israel 4, United States 0". philly.com.
  5. "Coupe du Monde : les sélectionnés". naslsoccer.blogspot.com.
  6. "Men's National Team: 1960-79". national.soccerhall.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.


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