[Football] Mick Cave
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Corrected for you. I wonder if that's written on his headstone.
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Just looked him up. Died aged 35 in USA from carbon monoxide poisining poisoning - tragic.
He moved to America in the late 70s where he continued playing...for Seattle Sounders amongst others.
He died in 1984 aged 35 of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Born in Weymouth, Dorset, Cave was studying engineering when he started his career in non-League football with hometown club Weymouth in 1966.[3] He joined Torquay United in July 1968,[1] soon settling into the Plainmoor side. Although not a regular goalscorer (17 goals in 114 league games), when he did score they tended to be memorable. In July 1971 a fee of £15,000 took him to AFC Bournemouth.[3] His first season at Dean Court was a struggle, and in March 1972 he joined Plymouth Argyle on loan.[3] However, he returned to Bournemouth and eventually played 99 league games, scoring 17 goals, before a £18,000 transfer to York City in August 1974.[3] His first season was York's first ever in the Second Division and they confounded expectations by surviving, although they were relegated the following season (with Cave winning the Clubman of the Year award). He spent the 1976 season on loan in the American Soccer League, helping the Los Angeles Skyhawks win the ASL title.[4] In February 1977, after scoring 13 times in 96 league games for York, he returned to Bournemouth for a fee of £10,000.[3] He spent the summer of 1977 on loan to North American Soccer League side Seattle Sounders, scoring 12 goals in 22 appearances, and joined Seattle permanently the following summer after playing the last of his 42 league games for Bournemouth, in which he had scored three times.[1][4] He spent the 1978 and 1979 seasons in Seattle. He then played the 1979–80 indoor season with the Pittsburgh Spirit in the Major Indoor Soccer League, scoring 24 goals in 27 games.[4] In 1980, he began the season with the Sounders, but played only one game before being released.[4] He finished the season with the Cleveland Cobras of the ASL.[4] He then joined the Hartford Hellions for the 1980–81 MISL season, in which he made 38 appearances and scored 24 goals, before finishing his career with two seasons back at the Pittsburgh Spirit.[4]
Cave died in his home in Aleppo, Pennsylvania on 6 November 1984, aged 35, from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning (running his car in a garage).[2][3] At the time he was assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Spirit of the MISL.[2] He has since had the Player of the Year Award named after him in his honour at Bournemouth.[5]
It's likely I saw Micky Cave play in the MISL against the St. Louis Steamers in the very early 1980's. Do you really believe anybody would accidently leave a car running in a closed garage that wasn't committing suicide or getting murdered?
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New York Times story doesn't have a lot of details
A soccer coach died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, the Allegheny County coroner's office ruled today.
Micky Cave, 35 years old, assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League, was found dead Tuesday in his suburban home. The police said Cave's car was found in the basement garage of his condominium with the ignition on, the engine cold and the gas tank empty. Detectives said there was no suicide note and that Cave had been in good health.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette obit stories from 1984 have a pay wall.
A soccer coach died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, the Allegheny County coroner's office ruled today.
Micky Cave, 35 years old, assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League, was found dead Tuesday in his suburban home. The police said Cave's car was found in the basement garage of his condominium with the ignition on, the engine cold and the gas tank empty. Detectives said there was no suicide note and that Cave had been in good health.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette obit stories from 1984 have a pay wall.
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