Dave Shelton is a retired American
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who played four seasons in the
North American Soccer League.
Shelton attended the
Indiana University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1975 to 1977. He was the 1976 NCAA Most Outstanding Defensive Player as the Hoosiers finished runner-up in the
NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship. In 1977, he was selected as an Honorable Mention All American.
IU Hoosiers soccer records
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In 1978, Shelton turned professional when the Detroit Express of the North American Soccer League picked him second overall in the draft. In 1979, he moved to the Los Angeles Aztecs where he played three outdoor and two indoor seasons.
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NASL stats
1956 births
Living people
American soccer players
Detroit Express players
Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer players
Los Angeles Aztecs players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Association football midfielders
Association football defenders
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