Henry Carroll (soccer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Carroll (soccer)

American soccer player

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1909

Place of Birth: New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1999

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Henry Carroll (soccer)

  • Henry "Razzo" Carroll (July 12, 1909 – January 14, 1999) was a U.S.
  • soccer forward who played in both the first and second American Soccer Leagues.
  • He led the league in scoring in 1934.
  • He also earned two caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S.
  • national team in 1928. Carroll began his club career with the Bayonne Rovers S.C.
  • in the late 1920s.
  • He was selected for the U.S.
  • team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
  • On May 20, 1928, the U.S.
  • lost by a score of 11-2 to Argentina in the first round.
  • Carroll scored the second of the two U.S.
  • goals.
  • As the tournament was single elimination, the U.S.
  • now had free time so they traveled to Warsaw where they tied Poland 3-3, Carroll playing in that game. In 1929, Carroll signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers in the American Soccer League.
  • However, he did not break into the first team until the 1930 fall season when he scored five goals in six games.
  • He played another eight games in the 1931 spring season after which the Wanderers withdrew from the league and ceased operations.
  • He later moved to the Kearny Scots of the American Soccer League.
  • In 1934, he tied Archie Stark as the ASL goal scoring leader.
  • In 1939, he was listed with Brookhattan.
  • He also played for the Philadelphia Americans, winning the 1942 ASL title with the Americans, and Brooklyn Hispano.

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