Blast from the Past, The 70's

During the 70’s, in the infancy of the Central League, the LM boy’s soccer team did not win any championships, but they did have many outstanding soccer players come through the system. The 4 listed below are just a few.

1. Larry Wean ’72 – Larry was a 3-year starter for the Aces, and made 1st team All-Central League in both ’70 & ’71. He was one of the 1st players to make the “long throw-in” an offensive weapon. Had he not concentrated on basketball (he went on to play for Penn), who knows how good a soccer player he would have become.

2. Doug Brown ’76 – Doug was a 3-year starter for LM, and was 1st team All-Central League in ’75 (he was injured the majority of his junior year). He was also the team’s captain and league MVP in his senior year. He went on to be a 4-year starter at Moravian College, and was chosen as the conference’s MVP in both his junior and senior years.

3. Oleh Hnatiuk ’77 – Oleh was also a 3-year starter for the Aces as their goalkeeper, which was very hard to do back in those days. As a senior he was a co-captain, and a 1st team All-Central League selection. During that senior season, despite the fact that his team only scored 8 goals, his goals against average was less than 1 per game.

4. Bill Farquhar ’77 – Bill was another 3-year starter in ’74, ’75, & ’76, and was 1st team All-Central League as a junior & senior. His strengths were his superior soccer skills and incredible fitness level.