Jim McKeown (soccer)

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Jim McKeown
Personal information
Full name James McKeown
Date of birth (1956-03-06) March 6, 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1977 Rider Broncs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978 Tulsa Roughnecks 16 (0)
1979 Philadelphia Fury 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James McKeown (born March 6, 1956), is a retired American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League for the Tulsa Roughnecks and Philadelphia Fury.

McKeown grew up in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and graduated from Steinert High School in 1974, where he was part of two Group IV championship soccer teams. [1] He was inducted into the Steinart Hall of Fame in 2008. [2] He then attended Rider University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1974 to 1977. He was inducted into the Rider University Athletics Hall of Fame in June 2016. [3] The Tulsa Roughnecks selected him in the first round (13th overall) in the 1979 North American Soccer League draft. [4] He spent one season with Tulsa before moving to the Philadelphia Fury for the 1979 season.

In January 1981, McKeown became a sales representative for Honeywell. Over the years, he held a variety of management positions in various companies. In August 2004, he became the President of Schlegel Electronic Materials. In August 2008, he became the Vice President of Elliot Equipment Company. [5]

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References

  1. Fisher, Rich. "McKeown headed to Mercer Soccer Hall of Fame", The Trentonian , October 17, 2011. Accessed October 2, 2017. "Jim McKeown, one of the driving forces behind two state championship teams at Steinert High School in the early 1970s, did his best to put Mercer County's golden age of soccer in perspective.... McKeown played on two of Goose Laurenti's four Group IV state champions before graduating in 1974."
  2. Steinart High School Athletic Hall of Fame
  3. "Jim McKeown - Rider University Broncs | The Official site of Rider Athletics". www.gobroncs.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25.
  4. Rowdies Roughnecks Square Off Tonight
  5. "Elliott Equipment Company Directory of Business Contacts". Archived from the original on 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2010-05-08.