[1][2] At Long Island University he was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy, as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year, and was a two-time All American.
Markus was born in Donbas, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), and is Jewish.
[5] Markus attended Long Island University (LIU), for which he played on the men's soccer team (the Blackbirds) for three seasons, from 1965 to 1967.
[11] Markus won the 1967 Hermann Trophy as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year.
[15] After his collegiate career, Markus played a season (1968) with the New York Generals of the North American Soccer League.