Steve Earle is a former English association football player who played professionally in both England and the United States.

Player

An industrious midfielder, Earle played over ten years (1963–1974) for Fulham F.C.

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

  He then moved to Leicester City, playing from 1974 to 1978. During his time with Leicester City, Earle also played one game on loan with Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

. In 1978, Earle moved to the Detroit Express

Detroit Express

The Detroit Express was a soccer team based in suburban Detroit that played in the now defunct North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1980. Its home field was the Pontiac Silverdome. The Express were co-owned and directed by famous English soccer pundit Jimmy Hill who was also the managing...

 of North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

. He played fifteen games for the Express in 1978, then moved to the Tulsa Roughnecks

Tulsa Roughnecks

-NASL:The Tulsa Roughnecks were a North American Soccer League team from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They played at Skelly Stadium on the campus of the University of Tulsa. The Roughnecks were a regular in the NASL playoffs, and won the NASL Soccer Bowl in 1983, defeating the Toronto Blizzard at B.C. Place...

 for eight more games at the end of the season. He remained with the Roughnecks for two more outdoor as well as one NASL indoor season. In the fall of 1980, he signed with the Wichita Wings

Wichita Wings

This article is about the original team. For the current team, see Wichita Wings .The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979...

 of the Major Indoor Soccer League for one season.

Manager

In 1983, Earle became the assistant coach of the Tulsa Roughnecks

Tulsa Roughnecks

-NASL:The Tulsa Roughnecks were a North American Soccer League team from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They played at Skelly Stadium on the campus of the University of Tulsa. The Roughnecks were a regular in the NASL playoffs, and won the NASL Soccer Bowl in 1983, defeating the Toronto Blizzard at B.C. Place...

. In November 1983, he took over as Roughnecks' head coach during the indoor season and had an 11-20 record and was released in March 1984. He later coached other youth and professional teams in Tulsa.

He is a member of the Oklahoma Soccer Association Hall of Fame.

External links

• Career Details
• Along with fellow Filbert Street
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   and the late Keith Weller
  Keith Weller
  Keith Weller was an English footballer. He is considered to be one of Leicester City's greatest ever players. Following seven operations for cancer, he died in the United States in 2004 aged 58.-England:...
  
  , Earle reminisces about his Leicester City F.C career in the video Leicester City FC - Match of the Seventies (Vsi Enterprises Ltd ISBN BX00146328)