Cal Kern is the president and owner of the

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, an amateur baseball team and the New York State Director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is a retired professional soccer goalkeeper and the father of

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punter

Brett Kern Brett Alan Kern (born February 17, 1986) is an American football punter for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Toledo and was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent i ...

Soccer

Kern graduated from

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. He attended

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where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1968 to 1971. He was the 1971 First Team All American goalkeeper. On February 9, 1972, the

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selected him in the first round with the third overall pick in the

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draft.Soccer Leaguers Draft Collegians
/ref> He remained a backup during his time with Toronto before moving to the Rochester Lancers where he was again a backup.

Baseball

In 2007, Kern, in coordination with the

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, founded the

, a

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team in the

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References

External links

Niagara Power: Cal Kern
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kern, Cal Living people American men's soccer players Minor league baseball executives All-American college men's soccer players Buffalo State College alumni Men's association football goalkeepers Year of birth missing (living people)