Myron Worobec

{{Short description|Ukrainian-American soccer player (1944–2023)}}

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| name = Myron S. Worobec

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| birth_date = October 26, 1944

| birth_place = Austria

| death_date = 2023

| height = 5 ft 11 in

| position = Full-back

| years1 = 1962–1965

| clubs1 = NJIT Highlanders

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| years2 = 1966–1967

| clubs2 = Newark Ukrainian Sitch

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| nationalyears1 = 1967, 1968

| nationalteam1 = U.S. Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Myron Worobec{{efn|{{langx|uk|Мирон Воробець|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Myron Vorobets}}}}}} was a Ukrainian-American soccer player who earned one cap for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1967. He played in the Pan Am games. A prolific scorer he was named all-East, all-Area, all-America, a member of the U.S. Pan American team and a member of the U.S. Olympic team. MVP of the American Soccer League (Div. 2) in 1966–67.

Myron is a member of the NJIT Soccer Hall of Fame.

Worobec played club soccer for the Newark Ukrainian Sitch.{{in lang|uk}} [http://football.sport.ua/news/87878 Ukrainian Soccer Diaspora]

Worobec was a Ukrainian immigrant to U.S.A.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_main/6638/ Football Federation of Ukraine profile]

Worobec lived in St. Louis with three children and six grandchildren. He was active in his grandchildren's soccer teams. Myron played competitive tennis three days a week.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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