Greg Nichols

For the Australian footballer, see Greg Nichols (footballer).
Greg Nichols
Personal information
Full name Gregory Nichols
Date of birth (1965-06-24) June 24, 1965
Place of birth Liberal, Kansas, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Forward / Defender
Youth career
1982-1985 Lewis & Clark College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986-1987 Garland Genesis (indoor) (47)
1987-1990 Canton Invaders (indoor) 77 (19)
1990-1991 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 6 (0)
1991 Dallas Mean Green (7)
1991- Dallas Rockets (indoor)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Greg Nichols is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the American Indoor Soccer Association and Major Indoor Soccer League. He was the 1987 MVP of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League.

From 1982 to 1985, Nichols played collegiate soccer at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. In 1986, Nichols signed with the Garland Genesis of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. This was the first season for botht he league and for Garland. Nichols went on to score 47 goals and add 15 assists as the Genesis won the league championship. Nichols was named league MVP. In 1987, Nichols moved to the Canton Invaders of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In Nichols’ three seasons with the Invaders, the team won three consecutive AISA championships. In 1990, he signed with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League where he spent one season. Nichols remained in Dallas after being released by the Sidekicks and played for Dallas Mean Green in the Lone Star Soccer Alliance during the summer of 1991. He was second on the league’s points list.[1] In the fall of 1991, he returned to the SISL, this time with the Dallas Rockets.

In 2006, Nichols was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame.[2]

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