Gordie Ion

Gordie Ion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957-1961	Vancouver North Shore United
1962-?	Vancouver Firefighters
National team
1957	Canada	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gordie Ion is a Canadian retired professional soccer player and since December 2009 of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.^[1]

Career

He played club football for Vancouver North Shore United^[2] and Vancouver Firefighters.^[3]

Ion earned 2 caps for the Canadian national side in 1957,^[4] scored three assists of five goals against USA on 22 June 1957.^[5]

His son is Greg Ion.

Goalkeepers	Arends Brand Chursky Dolan Forrest Halliwell Kennaway Lettieri Onstad Pears

Defenders	Ayre Brennan Bridge Cairns Campbell Cowan David de Vos Ellett Harley Helland Iarusci R. Lenarduzzi S. Lenarduzzi McGrane Miller Moore Morneau Nicholl Samuel Stothard Watson B. Wilson Yallop

Midfielders	Bolitho Cant Crossan Dasovic Donnelly Douglas Gray Harvey Hooper Ion James Kelly Limniatis Marcantonio McDonald McEachern N. McLeod Neil Parsons P. Philley Ragan Robinson Stoumbos Sweeney

Forwards	Bowman Bunbury Burtini Catliff Chedgzoy Corazzin Findler Greig Haggarty-Spencer Hooper Hughes Johnson Kodelja Lang W. McLeod D. McMahon Mitchell Mobilio Peschisolido B. Philley Ring-Passant Serwetnyk Šegota Stewart Stobbart Stojanović Wa. Thomson Turner Valentine Whittaker

Teams of Distinction (13)

1888 Canada men 1904 Galt 1907 Calgary Callies 1924 Canada men 1928 Westminster Royals 1933 Toronto Scottish 1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia 1979 Vancouver Whitecaps 1984 Canada Olympic men 1986 Canada World Cup men 1989 Canada Francophone Games men 1998 Canada CONCACAF Gold Cup women 2000 Canada CONCACAF Gold Cup men

Awards

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