Laurence John Calloway was born on 17 June 1945 and is an English retired footballer who played as defender, spending thirteen years in the English leagues and five years in the North American Soccer League.
17 Facts About Laurie Calloway
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Since retiring from playing professionally, Laurie Calloway has coached teams in several US leagues.
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Laurie Calloway began his professional playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1962, but failed to make an appearance for their first team.
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Laurie Calloway remained with Wolves until 1964 when he dropped down the league to join Rochdale where he would spend four seasons.
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Laurie Calloway spent the next thirteen years as a journeyman bouncing from one lower division club to another.
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Laurie Calloway left York to his final English club Shrewsbury Town in 1972, where he remained for two seasons.
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In 1974, Laurie Calloway left England to try his fortunes with the North American Soccer League.
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From 1974 until 1977, Laurie Calloway became an integral part of the Earthquakes.
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Laurie Calloway's playing time peaked in 1977 when he saw time in 26 games and scored two goals.
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Laurie Calloway then took the Blackhawks to the 1991 APSL championship.
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Laurie Calloway coached the Blackhawks through the end of the 1992 season.
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Laurie Calloway kicked Wynalda off the team and Wynalda left the US for Germany two weeks later.
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Ironically, given the problems Laurie Calloway had with Wynalda during their time together with the Blackhawks, the club signed Wynalda on 23 January 1996.
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Laurie Calloway made numerous line-up changes which prevented the team from developing cohesive play.
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Laurie Calloway then moved to the US Fourth Division club Des Moines Menace.
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In 2002, Laurie Calloway was league Coach of the Year when he took the Menace to an undefeated regular season record.
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On 18 November 2002, Laurie Calloway resigned from Des Moines to take job with expansion US second division club Syracuse Salty Dogs.