Mike Custer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | August 18, 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Overland Park, Kansas, United States | ||
Date of death | May 18, 2008 | (aged 51)||
Place of death | Texas, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1979 | Ottawa Braves | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1981 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 45 | (3) |
1983–1984 | Memphis Americans (indoor) | 6 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1986–1987 | Milwaukee Wave | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mike Custer was an American soccer forward who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and coached in the American Indoor Soccer Association.
Player
[edit]Youth
[edit]Custer graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. He attended Ottawa University where he set the school's season records for goals (28) and points (67).[1] He is a member of the Ottawa University 1980-1989 All Decade Team and was named the Player of the Decade.[2]
Professional
[edit]In 1979, Custer left Ottawa to attend an open tryout with the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Custer won a contract and spent two seasons with the Wings. In 1983, he played six games with the Memphis Americans.
Executive
[edit]From 1985 to January 1986, Custer served as operations director for the Dallas Sidekicks.[3] On January 12, 1986, Custer became the head coach of the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League. The Wave fired him on January 18, 1987.[4] Custer then became an executive with the Louisville Thunder.[5]
Personal
[edit]In July 1996, Custer was convicted of three counts of Indecency With a Child (by contact) in Dallas County, Texas.[6] After his release from prison, he worked as the general manager for Goffs Hamburgers on Hillcrest Rd. until the time of his death.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Men's School Soccer Records
- ^ Men's soccer All-Decade Team
- ^ Dallas Sidekicks staff
- ^ Wave fires Custer
- ^ Custer get job with Thunder
- ^ "Michael Mckay Custer Mugshot - Michael Mckay Custer Arrest - Dallas County, TX - Booked for 36010001 - Indecency With a Child (by contact), 36010001 - Indecency With a Child (by contact), 36010001 - Indecency With a Child (by contact)". mugshots.com. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
- ^ "Michael McKay Custer's Obituary on Dallas Morning News". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
External links
[edit]- 1956 births
- 2008 deaths
- American soccer coaches
- American men's soccer players
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) coaches
- Memphis Americans players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Wichita Wings players
- Men's association football forwards
- Soccer players from Kansas
- Sportspeople from Kansas City, Kansas
- Ottawa Braves
- Ottawa University alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen