Len Renery is an English-American retired professional soccer defender and coach.
Renery moved to the United States when he was 13 years old, lived in Neptune Township, New Jersey and graduated from Neptune High School in 1966, where he was a varsity baseball and soccer player."A player way ahead of his time", Asbury Park Press, September 23, 1992. Accessed October 14, 2018. "'I had a great time back at Neptune High School and the Jersey Shore,' said Renery, who now runs soccer camps in California. 'I was there in the beginning, I guess. I came to Neptune when I was just 13 and I had already been playing for 10 years.'" In 2010, Neptune High School inducted Renery into its Athletics Hall of Fame.Renery Acceptance Speech - Neptune High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony
After a prep year at Suffield Academy in Connecticut, Renery entered Columbia University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1968 to 1971.Columbia Lions men's soccer letterwinners He was a 1969 and 1970 first-team All Ivy.Hall of Fame Series: Len Renery ’71CC and Amr Aly ’85CC He graduated in 1971 and was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.The Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame
In 1972, he played for the expansion New Jersey Brewers of the American Soccer League.The Year in American Soccer - 1972 He signed with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in 1973. Renery finished his career in the Major Indoor Soccer League with the San Francisco Fog in 1981.
Photos, newspaper clippings and team jerseys from his years with the ASL, NASL and MISL can be found at NASLJerseys.com.Len Renery - NASL Jerseys.com
Renery coached Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, California from 1985 to 1995.Knicks' New Coach Has Local Ties In May 1996, he became head coach of the Menlo College men's team.Sports Shorts He spent ten years at Menlo.
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External links NASL/MISL stats