George Tiger 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 spent time in the
American Soccer League and
Major Indoor Soccer League.
Tiger attended
Lafayette College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1980. He was the 1981 Charles L. Albert Award recipient as the most outstanding senior athlete at Lafayette College and is a member of the Lafayette Leopards Hall of Fame.
In 1981, Tiger signed with the
Pennsylvania Stoners
The Pennsylvania Stoners were an American soccer team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2007, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in ...
of the
American Soccer League, playing at least two seasons with the team. In October 1982, the
Pittsburgh Spirit
Pittsburgh Spirit were an indoor soccer team based in Pittsburgh and were one of the original six teams that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The Spirit were founded in 1978, suspended operation for the 1980–81 season, then ret ...
of the
Major Indoor Soccer League signed Tiger as a free agent. In February 1985, Tiger underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. He played until 1985 with the Spirit. Tiger retired at the end of the season and returned to Philadelphia where he continues to play with local amateur teams. He is now Senior Vice President, Global Sales at eResearch Technology. He has been married to his wife, Therese, for 22 years and has two daughters, Allie and Samantha.
References
External links
MISL stats
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Living people
1959 births
American men's soccer players
American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Pennsylvania Stoners players
Pittsburgh Spirit players
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders