Thomas Nevers is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played professionally in the

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and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Youth

Nevers graduated from

E. O. Smith High School E. O. Smith High School, (or E.O. Smith) named after a member of Connecticut's legislature and former University of Connecticut president Edwin O. Smith, is a secondary school located in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. E.O. Smith was establi ...

in 1974 where he was a four sport letterman (soccer, baseball, golf and track). He led his high school team to the 1972 state championship and was an NSCAA High School All American. He is a member of the E.O. Smith High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.Connecticut: Soccer Hall of Fame Adds Seven
He then attended the

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where he played on the men's soccer team from 1974 to 1977.

Professional

Nevers turned professional in 1978 with the

Chicago Sting The Chicago Sting (1974–1988) was an American professional soccer team representing Chicago. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the 1982–83 season and again from ...

of the

. In 1979, he moved to the

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where he played two outdoor seasons. In the fall of 1979, he began his indoor career with the

of the indoor

, where he scored one goal in 11 games for the league runners-up. After one season, he transferred to the Hartford Hellions before the team moved to Memphis, Tenn. and his finished his career with the relocated Memphis Americans during the 1981-1982 MISL season.

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NASL/MISL stats
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