Ron Maierhofer

Ron Maierhofer

Personal information
Full name	Ronald P. Maierhofer
Date of birth	1935 (age 88–89)
Place of birth	Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1956–1959	Cornell Big Red
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	United States Pan-American
Medal record Men's football (soccer) Representing the United States Pan American Games 1959 Chicago Team competition

Ronald P. Maierhofer is a retired American soccer forward who owned the Denver Avalanche of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Player

Maierhofer graduated from the Park School of Buffalo, New York in 1953. At Park, he was a four-year soccer letterman. Maierhofer also achieved All-League honors in basketball, track and baseball. He is a member of the Park School Hall of Fame. He then attended Cornell University where he was a 1959 Second Team All American soccer player. In addition to playing soccer, he was also a midfielder on the lacrosse team in 1958 and 1959 and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He graduated in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and was inducted into the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1959, he played for the U.S. soccer team which placed third at the Pan American Games. However, the matches were not counted as official U.S. national team matches. He briefly played for a team based in Toronto.

Team owner

In 1979, Maierhofer was the Vice President of Operations for IHS Inc. when he decided he wanted to own a soccer team. He decided to place the team in Denver, Colorado and after a successful application to Major Indoor Soccer League, he was awarded the franchise in February 1980. The team played two seasons in MISL before entering bankruptcy in 1983.

External links

• Cornell Hall of Fame
• No Money Down: How to Buy a Sports Franchise by Ron Maierhofer