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{{Short description|Israeli-American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dov Markus
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|1|31}}
| birth_place = [[Donbas]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Ukraine]])
| height = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Forward]]
| collegeyears1 =   1965–67
| college1 =   [[LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds]]
| years1 =   1968
| clubs1 =   [[New York Generals]]
| caps1 =    1  
| goals1 =  0 
}}
'''Dov Markus''' (born January 31, 1946) is an Israeli-American former [[soccer]] player.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Markus.Dov.htm|title=NASL-Dov Markus|website=nasljerseys.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/11/14/98462303.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=L.I.U. Retains Laurels in Soccer; Record Five Goals by Markus Help Rout C W. Post, 12-0|work=The New York Times }}</ref> At [[Long Island University]] he was the first recipient of the [[Hermann Trophy]], as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year, and was a two-time [[All-America|All American]]. In 1965 as a sophomore, Markus scored 35 goals in 14 games for 70 points, at the time both the most-ever goals and the most-ever points in an [[NCAA]] season. Over his three-year career, Markus scored 79 goals, setting a new NCAA career record, in 49 games. Markus played a season with the [[New York Generals]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]], and played in the [[1969 Maccabiah Games]] in Israel for the United States.

==Early and personal life==
Markus was born in [[Donbas]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Ukraine]]), and is Jewish.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=%22Dov+Markus%22&pg=PA337|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|first=Bob|last=Wechsler|date=2008|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=9780881259698 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/amjwld/1968/09/20/01/article/20/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1 | title=⁨An Exciting Year in Sports ⁩ &#124; ⁨The American Jewish World⁩ &#124; 20 September 1968 &#124; Newspapers &#124; the National Library of Israel }}</ref> He now lives in [[Boynton Beach, Florida|Boynton Beach]], Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/15716580/dov-markus|title=Dov Markus from Boynton Beach, Florida |website=VoterRecords.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Markus attended [[Long Island University]] (LIU), for which he played on the [[LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds|men's soccer team (the Blackbirds)]] for three seasons, from 1965 to 1967.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/161654796.pdf "Soccer Team Edged 2-1"]</ref><ref>[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&context=tripod "LIU Slides Past Dathmen"]</ref>  He played [[center forward]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsxCDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Dov+Markus%22&pg=PT50|title=All-American: An American Approach to Soccer|first=Charles L.|last=Valenti|date=2017|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781543433036 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

In 1965 as a sophomore, Markus scored 35 goals in 14 games for 70 points, at the time both the most-ever goals and the most-ever points in an [[NCAA]] season.<ref name="auto4">[https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/12/25/faces-in-the-crowd "Faces in the Crowd"]</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://docslib.org/doc/697206/division-i-mens-soccer-records|title=Division I Men's Soccer Records|website=Docslib}}</ref> His 5.00 points per game at the time were third-most for a season in NCAA history.<ref name="auto3"/> His 2.50 goals per game were the most in NCAA history.<ref name="auto3"/>  He scored 27 goals as a junior, and 16 goals as a senior.<ref name="auto4"/>

Over his three-year career, Markus scored 79 goals, setting a new NCAA career record, in 49 games.<ref name="auto2"/> In his career he had 156 points, and his 3.25 points per game were 7th in NCAA history.<ref name="auto3"/>

Markus won the 1967 [[Hermann Trophy]] as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year.  He was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://brooklyn.liuathletics.com/mobile/hof.aspx?hof=68|title= LIU Athletics Hall of Fame |website= LIU Athletics}}</ref>  He was named Honorable Mention [[All-America|All American]] in 1965, and Second Team All American in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/9479879/all-time-nscaa-all-americas-national-soccer-coaches-|title=All-Time NSCAA All-Americas - National Soccer Coaches ...|website=yumpu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/liuathletics/docs/liu_men_s_soccer_record_book|title=2010 Long Island University Men's Soccer Record Book |author= |website=Issuu|date=22 September 2010 }}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bbut11/msoccer/06%20MSOC%20guide.pdf |title=06 MSOC guide.indd |access-date=2007-05-11 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083819/http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bbut11/msoccer/06%20MSOC%20guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2000, LIU inducted Markus into its Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bbut11/general/halloffame.htm LIU Hall of Fame]</ref>

After his collegiate career, Markus played a season (1968) with the [[New York Generals]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xcamsclub.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302034913/http://national.soccerhall.org/Registry/NASL_K-O.htm|title=x|archivedate=March 2, 2009|website=club.com}}</ref>

Markus played in the [[1969 Maccabiah Games]] in Israel for the United States.<ref>[https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll77/id/3075/ "United States Maccabiah Team in Israel"]</ref>

In the mid-1970s and early-80s, Markus taught at [[Sheepshead Bay High School]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.machermanntrophy.org/markus|title=Dov Markus|website=MAC Hermann Trophy|date=9 May 2023 }}</ref> He also refereed NCAA games.<ref name="auto"/> He retired before 2000.<ref name="auto"/>

==See also==

*[[List of Hermann Trophy men's winners]]
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's soccer career goals leaders]]
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's soccer season goals leaders]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Markus.Dov.htm NASL Stats]

{{M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Men's Recipients}}
{{NCAA Division I men's soccer top scorers}}

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