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| clubs2 = [[Westminster Royals|Westminster Royals FC]] |
| clubs2 = [[Westminster Royals|Westminster Royals FC]] |
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| years3 = 1954- |
| years3 = 1954-1955 |
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| clubs3 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
| clubs3 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
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| years4 = 1956-1958 |
| years4 = 1956-1958 |
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| clubs4 = Vancouver Hale-Co FC |
| clubs4 = Vancouver Hale-Co FC |
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| years5 = 1958- |
| years5 = 1958-1959 |
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| clubs5 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
| clubs5 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
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| years6 = 1959 |
| years6 = 1959 |
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| clubs6 = [[Westminster Royals|Westminster Royals FC]] |
| clubs6 = [[Westminster Royals|Westminster Royals FC]] |
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| years7 = 1959- |
| years7 = 1959-1968 |
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| clubs7 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
| clubs7 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
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| years8 = 1964 |
| years8 = 1964 |
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| years11 = 1969 |
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| clubs11 = [[Vancouver Spartans]] |
| clubs11 = [[Vancouver Spartans]] |
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| years12 = 1969- |
| years12 = 1969-1970 |
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| clubs12 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
| clubs12 = [[Surrey_United_Firefighters|Vancouver Firefighters FC]] |
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| nationalyears1 = 1957 |
| nationalyears1 = 1957 |
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Revision as of 04:59, 4 July 2018
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 12, 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Vancouver Capilanos | |||
| 1951-1954 | Westminster Royals FC | ||
| 1954-1955 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | ||
| 1956-1958 | Vancouver Hale-Co FC | ||
| 1958-1959 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | ||
| 1959 | Westminster Royals FC | ||
| 1959-1968 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | ||
| 1964 | → Vancouver Columbus FC (loan) | ||
| 1967 | → Victoria O'Keefe (loan) | ||
| 1968 | Vancouver Canadian Royals | ||
| 1969 | Vancouver Spartans | ||
| 1969-1970 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1957 | Canada | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ken Pears (born 12 April 1934) is a former Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He was a four-time national champion with Westminster Royals FC (1953), Vancouver Hale-Co FC (1956), Vancouver Columbus FC (1964), and Vancouver Firefighters FC (1965). He was Canada's starting goalkeeper during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957[1]. He is an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2000.
In the Pacific Coast League, Pears won seven championships with three different clubs: five times with Firefighters (1954-55, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66), once with Westminster Royals FC (1952-53), and once with Hale-Co FC (1958). From 1952 to 1966, he was a British Columbia or Mainland All-Star in 13 of 15 seasons. He notably posted a clean sheet against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-0 win in Vancouver on 3 June 1957.
In 1961-62, he won the Austin Delany Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player.[2] Along with winning the league championship, the Anderson Cup, and the BC Soccer Province Cup, Pears also helped Firefighters FC win the 1962 Pacific Coast International Championship for the J.K. Kennedy Cup.[3]
Pears also played in the 1964 edition of the Pacific Coast International Championship with the Pacific Coast League all-stars, earning MVP honours[4] as the team finished second. He missed the 1966 edition through injury when Firefighters won their second Kennedy Cup; he won the 1967 edition as a backup goalkeeper (on loan) with Victoria O'Keefe.
In 1969, Pears helped Vancouver Spartans win the Western Canada Soccer League championship.
After representing Canada in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957, he captained Canada's side during a 1960 tour of the Soviet Union and Britain[5].
He was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.
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