Mr. Martin Elting
1942 -
Inducted 2001
Pan World Soccer Club
Born July 11, 1942 in Groningen, Netherlands. At age 8 Marty joined the junior program of the local professional team GVAV (now FC Groningen). In 1953 his family moved to Amsterdam where he joined Verspucci's junior program. Having been noticed as a player with a lot of potential, in 1956 he was asked to join Ajax of Amsterdam and their junior team program. In 1957 his family emigrated to the United States and upon his arrival in Salt Lake City he signed up with Salt Lake A.C. Marty spend the next decade playing for several different teams - 1961-1964 SC Alemannia; 1964-1966 Hollandia SC; 1967-1969 Incas SC; 1969-1972 United SC. During this time frame he was selected to each year's All-Star team and between all of the teams won nine State Championships. In 1972 Marty joined Pan World SC where he finished his playing career in 1983. During this time, where he also served as a coach, the club won six State Championships which included a period where the club had a 4 ½ year period without any league defeats. Marty had several more All-Star team selections until that program was disbandoned in the late 70's.
