Edward Clear is a retired American soccer defender who earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1968.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Clear | ||
Date of birth | (1944-05-15) May 15, 1944 (age 78) | ||
Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1969 | St. Louis Stars | 11 | (0) |
National team | |||
1968 | United States | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played professionally for the St. Louis Stars in both the National Professional Soccer League and North American Soccer League from 1967 to 1969.[1]
Clear gained his first of five caps with the U.S. national team in a 3-3 tie with Israel. He played the next three games with the U.S., then did not play in the next two U.S. games. His final appearance with the U.S. came in a 1-0 World Cup qualifier victory over Canada on October 27, 1968. He was a substitute for Bob Gansler.[2]
Clear was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame on November 14, 1996.[3]
After his retirement from soccer he went on to marry Joan Hummel, have 7 children and 13 grandchildren. The couple eventually divorced and he remarried to a woman named Barb Clear (Bilger). Edward McCabe Clear died March 18, 2022. He suffered a heart attack at his home.
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