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Benny Alon
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Benny Alon was an Israeli footballer in the 1970s.1 The top scorer of the Liga Leumit for 1973-74 , he played 3 seasons in the North American Soccer League . Alon scored 15 goals for Hapoel Haifa in 1973-74. He played the summers of 1975, '76, and '77 for the Chicago Sting in the midfield . In '75, he played 22 games and scored 1 goal and 1 assist; in '76, in 18 games, he scored 4 goals and 2 assists; while in '77 he had 2 goals and 1 assist in 18 games.2
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israeli former footballer
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