Tony Glavin (born 29 April 1958) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as a

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in both Scotland and the United States, making over 300 career appearances. His elder brother Ronnie was also a footballer.

Playing career

Born in

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, Glavin spent time in the

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with both Queen's Park and

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, before playing in the United States (in both the

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and the Major Indoor Soccer League) for the Philadelphia Fury, the

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, and the Kansas City Comets.

Coaching career

On 9 February 1987, the

fired head coach

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and replaced him with Glavin. Glavin then worked as an Assistant for the Kansas City Comets, playing a handful of games for them. In August 1990, he was hired to coach the Dayton Dynamo of the

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. In 1994, he founded the "Tony Glavin Soccer Club" in Cottleville, Missouri. In December 2005, the United Soccer Leagues awarded a franchise to Glavin and his partners, which became the

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, to which Glavin was also named as Head Coach of the team, known as the

. In December 2015 he was announced as the new head coach of the St. Louis Ambush. On July 18, 2017, Tony Glavin was removed from the head coaching position of the Ambush, though he remains a part-owner of the team.

References

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