Doug Wark was born December 24th, 1951 in Scotland. He attended Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, where he played two seasons of soccer in 1972 and 1973. He earned second team All American recognition in 1973 as Hartwick went to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Doug left Hartwick after his sophomore season to sign with the Rochester Lancers. He spent only one season in Rochester before being traded to the Rowdies.
In 1975, the NASL ran an indoor tournament. Doug scored seven goals in two games with the Rowdies making him the tournament’s second leading scorer behind Paul Child. Doug was selected to the all tournament team. In the 1975 outdoor season, he appeared in 13 games. Was a memeber of the Rowdies 1976 NASL indoor Tournament Champions, but only after 4 games in the outdoor season he was traded to the San Diego Jaws where he would appear in 7 games and scoring 4 goals.
In 1977, the Jaws moved to Las Vegas where they were renamed the Las Vegas Quicksilver, he went onto play in 17 games and scoring 2 goals.
After the 1977 season, the team was back in San Diego, now known as the San Diego Sockers. He again began the season with one team only to be traded by the Sockers to the San Jose Earthquakes during the 1978 season. After only eight games in San Jose, and he was again traded, this time to the Chicago Sting making only 2 appearances.. He finished the 1978 NASL season in Chicago, then left the league.
In 1978, he signed with the Cincinnati Kids for the inaugural MISL season. He scored twenty-nine goals in twenty-two games.
Then in October 1980, he returned to the Bay Area, when he re-signed to play for the Rowdies in the 1980 indoor season, where he played in 8 games and scored 6 goals, with 2 assists.
Doug Wark earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a June 24th, 1975 loss to Poland. He started the game, then came off in the 84th minute for Kevin Walsh.
Doug today enjoying a relaxing drink.
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