Paul Roe

Paul Roe
Personal information
Date of birth	21 November 1959
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Date of death	5 October 2019 (aged 59)
Place of death	Tampa, Florida
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978	Toronto Metros-Croatia
1979	Toronto Blizzard
1979–1980	Edmonton Drillers
1980–1981	Edmonton Drillers (indoor)
1981	Hamilton Steelers
1981–1982	Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)
1982	Tampa Bay Rowdies
1983–1984	Tacoma Stars (indoor)
1986–1987	Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)
1988–1990	Tampa Bay Rowdies
International career
1976–1979	Canada U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Roe (born 21 November 1959 - 5 October 2019) was a Canadian soccer player who spent five years in the North American Soccer League and one in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also played in Canada's National Soccer League, the American Indoor Soccer Association, the American Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League.

Roe represented Canada at the U20 level six times.^[1] He played for Toronto Metros-Croatia in 1978 before getting released in June 1979.^[2] After his release, Roe was quickly picked up by the Edmonton Drillers and won an NASL indoor title in 1980–81 with them.^[3] Roe spent the summer of 1981 with the Hamilton Steelers, who won the NSL title. The following season, 1981–82, he was an indoor runner up with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Roe was born in Manchester, England. He was the younger brother of Canadian international soccer player, Peter Roe.^[4]

References

^ "Home".
^ Cole, Cam (20 June 1979). "Two added to roster of Drillers". Edmonton Journal. p. H2. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ Henderson, Jim (11 December 1981). "Rowdies agree on pacts with Zequinha, Paul Roe". The Tampa Tribune. p. 6C. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ McEwen, Tom (18 February 1982). "Roe Brothers Cool Cats". The Tampa Tribune. p. 1C. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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