Nicholas DiOrio

Nicholas DiOrio
Nick DiOrio
Personal information
Full name Nicholas DiOrio
Date of birth February 4, 1921(1921-02-04)
Place of birth Morgan Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of death September 11, 2003(2003-09-11) (aged 82)
Place of death Green Tree, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Avella Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1946 Morgan Strasser
1946 Pittsburgh Strasser
1947 Chicago Vikings
1947–1949 Morgan Strasser
1949–? Harmarville Hurricanes
Pittsburgh Beadling
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nicholas DiOrio (February 4, 1921 in Morgan Township, Pennsylvania – September 11, 2003 in Green Tree, Pennsylvania) was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

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Youth

DiOrio grew up in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and graduated from South Fayette Township High School in 1939. During high school, he was best known as an outstanding basketball player, reputedly scoring fifty points in one game.[1] While he played basketball in school, he was an excellent soccer player for his club team, Avella Juniors. In 1939, his club won the U-19 national championship, known as the McGuire Cup.[2]

Club career

While making a living as a factory worker, DiOrio devoted his spare time to his passion, playing soccer. In 1942, he was on the roster of Morgan Strasser when it lost the National Amateur Cup to Fall River. However, the team took the cup in 1943 with a victory over Santa Maria S.C. In 1944, Morgan Strasser went to a third straight Amateur Cup final, but lost to S.C. Eintracht.[3] In 1946, DiOrio left Morgan Strasser, for the Pittsburgh Strasser of the newly established North American Soccer Football League. In 1947 he moved to the Chicago Vikings. After the collapse of the NAFSL, following the 1947 season, DiOrio rejoined Morgan Strasser S.C. In 1949, the club won the U.S. Open Cup. In 1950, he was with Pittsburgh Harmarville when the lost the National Amateur Cup final to Ponta Delgada S.C.. In 1951, DiOrio lost another Amateur Cup final, his fourth. However, Harmarville followed those two loses with a U.S. Open Cup championships in 1952. At some point, he left Harmarville and signed with Pittsburgh Beadling, with whom he finished his career in 1959. During his twenty years of playing soccer, DiOrio won the National Amateur Cup, U.S. Open Cup, and five Keystone Senior League championships.

National team

While DiOrio was selected to the U.S. roster for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, he never entered a game.

Soccer management

After retiring from playing in 1959, DiOrio continued to coach soccer teams. In 1971, he became the president of the West Penn Soccer Association.

Non soccer career

While soccer remained at the center of his life, including leading him to his wife whom he met through a team sponsored by her father’s beer garden, Jack’s Supper Club, he earned a living at a factory worker in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. He also worked for the county road maintenance department.

DiOrio was inducted, along with the rest of the 1950 U.S. World Cup team, into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976. He is also a member of state and regional halls of fame.

He died of colon cancer on September 11, 2003.

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