Art Napolitano

Art Napolitano
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-01-07) January 7, 1956
Place of birth Mobile, Alabama, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Forward / Defender
Youth career
1974-1977 Hartwick College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Houston Hurricane 8 (0)
1978-1980 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 46 (9)
19791980 Pennsylvania Stoners
1980-1981 Hartford Hellions (indoor) 24 (1)
1981-1982 Philadelphia Fever (indoor) 9 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Art Napolitano (born January 7, 1956 in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Napolitano attended Hartwick College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1974 to 1977. His senior season, the Hawks won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship with Napolitano scoring the only goal of the game.[1] He turned professional in 1978 with the Houston Hurricane of the North American Soccer League. That fall, he moved to the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two seasons in Pittsburgh. In the summer of 1980, he played for the Pennsylvania Stoners of the American Soccer League.[2] He then returned to the indoor game, this time with the Hartford Hellions before finishing his career with the Philadelphia Fever.

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