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Eric Delabar

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Eric Delabar
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-11-28) November 28, 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1976–1979 Quincy University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1984 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 17 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2017 Maryville University (women)
2002–2007 Maryville University (men)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Delabar is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is the head coach of the Maryville University women's soccer team.

Player

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Youth

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Delabar grew up playing for St. Louis Kutis and graduated from De Smet Jesuit High School.[citation needed] He attended Quincy University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1979.[citation needed] In 1977, 1977 and 1979, Quincy won the NAIA national men's soccer championship.[citation needed] Delabar was a 1978 NAIA First Team All American.[1] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history.[citation needed] In 1989, Quincy inducted Delabar into the school's Hall of Fame.[2] In 2008, he was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.[citation needed]

Professional

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From 1979 to 1984, Delabar played for the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[citation needed]

Coach

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In 1989, Delabar became the head coach of the Fort Zumwalt North High School boys' soccer team, a position he held until 1998.[citation needed] He also served as an assistant coach at Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University.[citation needed] In 1999, Maryville University hired Delabar as the women's soccer coach.[citation needed] In 2002, he also took on the role of men's team head coach.[citation needed] He compiled a 33-73-6 record with the men's team over six seasons.[citation needed]

He currently works at Fort Zumwalt School District's South Middle School as a Physical Education teacher.[3]

In 2011, the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame inducted Delabar.[4]

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