Myron Worobec

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Myron S. Worobec
Personal information
Date of birth October 26, 1944
Place of birth Austria
Date of death 2023
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 NJIT Highlanders
1966–1967 Newark Ukrainian Sitch
International career
1967, 1968 U.S. Olympic 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Myron Worobec (Ukrainian: Мирон Воробець) was a Ukrainian-American soccer player who earned one cap for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1967. He played in the Pan Am games. A prolific scorer he was named all-East, all-Area, all-America, a member of the U.S. Pan American team and a member of the U.S. Olympic team. MVP of the American Soccer League (Div. 2) in 1966–67.

Myron is a member of the NJIT Soccer Hall of Fame.

Worobec played club soccer for the Newark Ukrainian Sitch.[1]

Worobec was a Ukrainian immigrant to U.S.A.[2]

Worobec lived in St. Louis with three children and six grandchildren. He was active in his grandchildren's soccer teams. Myron played competitive tennis three days a week.

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