{{Short description|Footballer (born 1951)}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dave Huson | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|1|5}} | birth_place = [[Jersey]] | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]], [[defender (association football)|defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1970–1973 | years2 = 1973 | years3 = 1973–1977 | years4 = 1977–1978 | years5 = 1978–1979 | years6 = 1979–1980 | years7 = 1980 | years8 = 1980–1981 | years9 = 1981 | years10 = 1981–1982 | years11 = 1982 | years12 = 1983–1984 | years13 = 1983–1984 | years14 = 1984–1985 | years15 = 1985 | years16 = 1985–1986 | clubs1 = [[First Tower United F.C.|First Tower United]] | clubs2 = [[Cape Town City F.C. (NFL)|Cape Town City]] | clubs3 = [[Hellenic F.C.|Hellenic]] | clubs4 = [[Weymouth F.C.|Weymouth]] | clubs5 = [[FC Twente]] | clubs6 = [[California Surf]] | clubs7 = [[Memphis Rogues]] | clubs8 = [[Calgary Boomers]] (indoor) | clubs9 = [[Chicago Sting]] | clubs10 = [[Chicago Sting]] (indoor) | clubs11 = [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] | clubs12 = [[Chicago Sting]] | clubs13 = [[Chicago Sting]] ''(NASL indoor)'' | clubs14 = [[Chicago Sting]] ''(MISL indoor)'' | clubs15 = [[Cape Town Spurs F.C.|Cape Town Spurs]] | clubs16 = [[Chicago Shoccers]] (indoor) | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = 41 | caps7 = 11 | caps8 = | caps9 = 31 | caps10 = 15 | caps11 = 28 | caps12 = 48 | caps13 = | caps14 = 17 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = 1 | goals7 = 2 | goals8 = | goals9 = 4 | goals10 = 2 | goals11 = 2 | goals12 = 3 | goals13 = | goals14 = 6 | manageryears1 = 1986 | manageryears2 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs1 = [[Chicago Shoccers]] | managerclubs2 = [[Rockford Raptors]] }} '''Dave Huson''' (born 5 January 1951) is a retired [[association football|footballer]] from [[Jersey]] who played professionally in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] and [[MISL I|Major Indoor Soccer League]].
In 1979, Huson signed with the [[California Surf]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]]. In 1980, the Surf sent Huson to the [[Memphis Rogues]]. At the end of the season, [[Nelson Skalbania]] purchased the Rogues and moved them to Calgary renaming the team the [[Calgary Boomers]]. Huson then played the 1980–81 NASL indoor season with the Boomers before being traded to the [[Chicago Sting]]. On 20 March 1982, the Sting traded Huson, [[John Tyma]] and a 1983 third-round draft pick to the [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] in exchange for [[Duncan McKenzie]].<ref>''Tulsa Trades Top Scorer'' The Daily Oklahoman – Wednesday, 31 March 1982</ref> He was back in Chicago for the 1983 season and would remain there until he was released by the team in May 1985. He then moved to the [[Chicago Shoccers]] of the [[American Indoor Soccer Association]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/11/10/new-chicago-team-has-some-old-faces/|title=New Chicago Team Has Some Old Faces|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=18 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> In February 1986, Huson took over as head coach of the Shoccers. In the fall of 1986, he returned to the Sting as head of community relations. In 1999, he became the head coach of the [[Rockford Raptors]] of the [[Premier Development League]]. He also coached the [[Deerfield High School (Illinois)|Deerfield High School]] boys' soccer team. He was inducted into the Illinois State Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>[http://www.illinoissoccer.org/Hall%20of%20Fame.htm Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222094218/http://www.illinoissoccer.org/Hall%20of%20Fame.htm |date=22 February 2010 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Huson.Dave.htm NASL/MISL stats]
{{1981 NASL All-Stars}} {{1983 NASL All-Stars}}
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