David Bulow

David Bulow
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-02-04)February 4, 1980
Place of birth Denver, Colorado, United States
Date of death May 6, 2021(2021-05-06) (aged 41)
Place of death Richmond, Virginia, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Bowdoin Polar Bears
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Cape Cod Crusaders
2004 Limavady United 8 (2)
2005 Boulder Rapids Reserve 10 (9)
2005–2006 Limavady United 11 (2)
2006 Dungannon Swifts 15 (8)
2006 Cape Cod Crusaders 3 (1)
2006 Richmond Kickers 3 (1)
2006–2007 Dungannon Swifts 32 (16)
2007–2009 Richmond Kickers 51 (25)
2010 Real Maryland Monarchs 8 (0)
2011–2013 Richmond Kickers 51 (9)
Total 192+ (73+)
Managerial career
2006 Cape Cod Crusaders
2018–2019 Richmond Kickers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Bulow (February 4, 1980 – May 6, 2021) was an American soccer player and coach. A midfielder, his playing career spanned 14 years and included three stints with the Kickers, as well as stints in Ireland and elsewhere in the United States. He coached the Richmond Kickers in 2018–2019.

Career

College and amateur

Bulow attended Bowdoin College where he played on the school's NCAA Division III men's soccer team from 1998 to 2001. He holds the record for most goals in a season with seventeen and is second on the career goals list with thirty-two.[1] He was a 2001 third team All-American.[2]

From 2001 to 2004, he played for the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League. He led them to the league championship in 2002 and 2003, and in 2004 he scored 21 goals in 18 games.[citation needed]

Professional

In the fall of 2004, Bulow had a brief stint with Limavady United in the Irish Football League.[3] In September 2005, he signed with Limavady United in Northern Ireland,[4] before transferring to Dungannon Swifts for the remainder of the 2005–2006 season.[5] That season, the Swifts won the Mid-Ulster Cup.

At the end of the season, he returned to Cape Cod Crusaders for the 2006 PDL season where he served as an assistant coach as well as a player. At the end of the season, he transferred to Richmond Kickers of the USL Second Division in time to win the USL-2 championship. He then returned to Dungannon Swifts for the 2006-2007 Northern Ireland season.[6] In June 2007, he signed with the Richmond Kickers of the USL Second Division. He spent the next three seasons with the team, scoring 25 goals in 51 appearances,[citation needed] and helping the team to the 2009 USL2 Championship. Bulow was released by Richmond at the end of 2009, and signed for the Real Maryland Monarchs in 2010. After one season in Maryland, Bulow signed a multi-year contract on 4 January 2011 to play for Richmond Kickers and coach for the Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club.

Bulow coached the Kickers from 2018 to 2019. In that span the Kickers won 15 out of 62 games played. Bulow was eventually relieved of his duties.

Death

Bulow suffered a stroke after a fall on April 24, 2021. He fell into a coma, and died without awakening on May 6, 2021.[7]

Honors

Cape Cod Crusaders

Richmond Kickers

References

  1. ^ Bowdoin College Soccer Records[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "2001 All American". Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  3. ^ Limavady Sign Quartet
  4. ^ Arrivals and exits at Limavady
  5. ^ Dungannon Swifts v Limavady Utd
  6. ^ "David Bulow". Archived from the original on November 20, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  7. ^ David Bulow (1980-2021)