James Crockett (soccer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | February 17, 1910 | ||
Date of death | July 30, 1986 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Meadowood, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Position(s) | Center Back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Philadelphia German-Americans | |||
International career | |||
1936 | United States | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Crockett (February 17, 1910 – July 30, 1986) was a U.S. soccer center back who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
Crockett was selected as a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Olympic Games. He played in the only U.S. game of the tournament, a 1–0 loss to Italy.[2] At the time, he played for the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League. In 1936, Crockett and his teammates defeated the St. Louis Shamrocks in the National Challenge Cup.[3]
He died in Meadowood, Pennsylvania.
References
[edit]- ^ "James Crockett". Olympedia. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ FIFA Player Profile
- ^ List of U.S. Open Cup Finals
Categories:
- American men's soccer players
- Olympic soccer players for the United States
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- Uhrik Truckers players
- 1910 births
- 1986 deaths
- Men's association football central defenders
- United States men's international soccer players
- American soccer defender stubs