Stan Startzell
{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Stan Startzell
| fullname = Stanley E. Startzell
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|9|3}}
| birth_place = McClure, Pennsylvania, United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1969–1971
| youthclubs1 = University of Pennsylvania
| years1 = 1972
| years2 = 1973–1974
| years3 = 1975
| years4 = 1975
| clubs1 = New York Cosmos
| clubs2 = Philadelphia Atoms
| clubs3 = Boston Minutemen
| clubs4 = Pittsburgh Miners
| caps1 = 3
| caps2 = 19
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 1
}}
Stan Startzell is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who spent four seasons in the North American Soccer League. He currently works in the financial services sector and is the president of the Duxbury Soccer Association.
Youth
Startzell attended Wilson Senior High School, graduating in 1968. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1969 to 1971.[http://publish.netitor.com/photos/schools/penn/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/media-guide.pdf Penn Soccer Records]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was a 1969 and 1971 second team All American and a 1970
first team All American.[http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=SC&yr=1969 1969 All Americans][http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=SC&yr=1970 1970 All Americans][http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=SC&yr=1971 1971 All Americans] In 1971, he was second team All Ivy League as a placekicker on the Penn football team.[http://www.pennathletics.com/fls/1700/FBGuidePDF/7.pdf?SPSID=60663&SPID=537&DB_OEM_ID=1700 Penn football records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063527/http://www.pennathletics.com/fls/1700/FBGuidePDF/7.pdf?SPSID=60663&SPID=537&DB_OEM_ID=1700 |date=2011-07-15 }} In 2005, the University of Pennsylvania selected Startzell to its All Century Team.[http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=10674&SPID=604&DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=120026 Men's Soccer Announces All-Century Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063052/http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=10674&SPID=604&DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=120026 |date=2011-07-15 }}
Professional
In 1972, the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League drafted Startzell. He was the only native U.S. player on the roster that season.[https://books.google.com/books?id=nZQh9FjdOfcC&dq=stan+startzell+soccer&pg=PA32 Once In A Lifetime] He played three games for the Cosmos before moving to the expansion Philadelphia Atoms in 1973. The Atoms won the league championship, but after a disappointing 1974 season, the Atoms made numerous player moves including trading Startzell to the Boston Minutemen in exchange for Alex Papadakis.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307135419/http://www.philadelphiaatoms.com/history4.htm Philadelphia Atoms History]}} He played no games for the Minutemen and left the NASL after the 1975 season.
Post playing career
Startzell has worked with the Special Olympics and in the financial services sector. In the mid-1980s, he worked for Selective Security Trust of America. He currently works for Lincoln Investment Planning in Duxbury, Massachusetts where he also serves as the head of the Duxbury Soccer Association. For many years, he was also the coach of a competitive girls soccer club team called the South Coast Scorpions.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Startzell.Stan.htm NASL stats]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110002911/http://www.philadelphiaatoms.com/register.htm Philadelphia Atoms player registry]}}
{{1970 NCAA Soccer First-Team All-America}}
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