Bert Patenaude

Infobox Football biography
playername= Bert Patenaude
fullname = Bertram Albert Patenaude
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date|1909|11|4
cityofbirth = Fall River, Massachusetts
countryofbirth = United States
dateofdeath = death date and age|1974|11|4|1909|11|4
cityofdeath = Fall River, Massachusetts
countryofdeath = United States
height =
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position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1928
1928
1928-1930
1930
1930
1931
1931
1933-1934
1934-1935
1935-1936
1936
clubs = Philadelphia Field Club
J&P Coats
Fall River Marksmen
Newark Americans
Fall River Marksmen
→ New York Yankees
New York Giants
Philadelphia German-Americans
St. Louis Central Breweries
→ St. Louis Shamrocks
Philadelphia Passon
caps(goals) = 08 0(6)
01 0(0)
62 (57)
05 0(7)
18 (15)
15 0(9)
16 (25)
nationalyears = 1930
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 04 0(6)
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Bertram "Bert" Albert Patenaude (November 4 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts – November 4 1974, Fall River, Massachusetts) was an American football (soccer) player. Although earlier disputed, he is now officially credited by FIFA as the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history. He is a member of the United States Soccer Hall of Fame.

Professional

In 1928, Patenaude began his professional career with the Philadelphia Field Club of the American Soccer League. In his eight games with Philadelphia, he scored six goals. Despite this productivity, he moved to J&P Coats for one league game, the moved again to the Fall River Marksmen. He remained in Fall River until the summer of 1930, winning the 1930 U.S. Open Cup before moving to the Newark Americans. [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usacuphist.html U.S. Open Cup at RSSSF] ] He scored seven goals in five games at the start of the 1930-1931 season, but found himself back with the Marksmen for the end of the season. In 1931, Fall River merged with the New York Soccer Club to form the New York Yankees. However, Fall River had already begun playing Open Cup games. Therefore, while the Yankees won the Open Cup, the records show the winner as Fall River. In the cup championship, Patenaude scored five goals in the Yankees’ 6-2 first game victory over Chicago's Bricklayers and Masons F.C. Patenaude remained with the Yankees through the spring of 1931. In the fall of 1931, he played with the New York Giants. The ASL was collapsing by the fall of 1931 and records are incomplete, but it appears that in 1933, Patenaude signed with the Philadelphia German-Americans of the second American Soccer League. In 1934, Patenaude moved west to sign with St. Louis Central Breweries of the St. Louis Soccer League. Central Breweries, stocked with future Hall of Famers, won the league and 1935 U.S. Open Cup titles. In 1935, Central Breweries left the league, became an independent team and lost the sponsorship of the brewery. Patenaude remained with the team, now called St. Louis Shamrocks. [ [http://www.websteruniv.edu/~corbetre/family/corbett/soccer-2.html Bob Corbett soccer career] ] In 1936, the Shamrocks went to the Open Cup final before falling to the Philadelphia German-Americans. In 1936, Patenaude returned east where he played with Philadelphia Passon of the ASL.

National team

In 1930, Patenaude was called into the U.S. national team for the 1930 FIFA World Cup. In that cup, he scored a goal in the U.S. opener against Belgium, then a hat trick in the 3-0 victory over Paraguay. Following the U.S. elimination by Argentina in the semifinals, the U.S. went on an exhibition tour of South America. Most of the U.S. opponents on the tour were professional or regional all star teams, but one, a 4-3 loss to Brazil was Patenaude’s final national team game. He scored his sixth and final U.S. goal in the loss.

World Cup hat trick

Patenaude's historic day came on July 17 1930, as the United States played Paraguay in the inaugural World Cup. Bert scored in the 10th minute. A second goal in the 15th minute had been credited several different ways: as an own goal by Aurelio González (according to the RSSSF), a regular goal by the US's Tom Florie (according to the official FIFA match record), or as Bert's second goal (according to the United States Soccer Federation). A 50th minute goal by Patenaude gave the US a 3-0 win over the South Americans. The dispute on the second goal had led to confusion over the first-ever World Cup hat-trick, as Argentina's Guillermo Stábile scored one against Mexico just two days after the USA-Paraguay game. However, FIFA announced on November 10 2006 that Petenaude was indeed the first person to score a hat-trick in World Cup play, confirming that he scored all three goals. [ [http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,125346,00.html FIFA Media announcement] ]

Patenaude was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 1971. He died on his 65th birthday of undisclosed causes.

External links

* [http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/bert_patenude.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame - Player Bio]
* [http://www.worldfootballregister.com/hat-trick/male/international/uruguay/international/fifa-world-cup/united-states/open/bert-patenaude/217394328109977/ Bert Patenaude's hat-trick] , the first ever hat-trick scored in the FIFA World Cup
* [http://soccerballworld.com/1930%20Soccer%20Ball.htm 1930 World Cup history with a U.S. team photo]

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