Colin Fowles (born in Jamaica) is a former U.S. soccer player who died as a result of random gunfire while playing recreational soccer.
Fowles attended Long Island University-Brooklyn from 1972 to 1975 where he played forward on the men’s soccer team. He scored 24 goals over his four season with the team.
In 1977, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers signed Fowles for the team’s first season. He played with the team through 1983, its last season in Fort ...
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Colin Fowles (born in Jamaica) is a former U.S. soccer player who died as a result of random gunfire while playing recreational soccer.
Fowles attended Long Island University-Brooklyn from 1972 to 1975 where he played forward on the men’s soccer team. He scored 24 goals over his four season with the team.
In 1977, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers signed Fowles for the team’s first season. He played with the team through 1983, its last season in Fort Lauderdale. Over his seven seasons with the Strikers, he played 140 games and scored six goals. After the Strikers moved to Minnesota in 1984, Fowles remained in Florida and played for the Fort Lauderdale Sun of the United Soccer League. In 1985, the Sun was renamed the South Florida Sun, but the team and the league folded after only six games into the season.
Fowles continued to live in the Fort Lauderdale area where he played recreational soccer with the Lauderhill Men’s Soccer club. On September 1, 1985, he was playing a game of pick up...
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