Clive Toye

Clive Toye was inducted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in the United States in 2003.^[1]

Toye was born in Plymouth, United Kingdom.^[1] He was a sports writer for the Express and Echo newspaper in Exeter, and later Chief Sports Writer for the Daily Express.^[2]

In 1967 he went to the United States to become General Manager of the Baltimore Bays and later was first General Manager of the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League, bringing the Brazilian star Pelé to the U.S. and helping to popularize soccer in America.^[1] Regarding the use of the word "soccer", Toye noted that even English people called the game "soccer" interchangeably with "football" until the second half of the 20th century. "A quirk of British culture is the permanent need to familiarize names by shortening them. ... Toye [said] 'They took the third, fourth and fifth letters of Association and called it SOCcer.'”^[3]

He became a senior consultant for CONCACAF, and in 2009 was inducted into that organisation's Hall of Fame.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Clive Toye - Class of 2003". National Soccer Hall of Fame. http://national.soccerhall.org/builders/Clive_Toye.htm. Retrieved 8 November 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "James, Toe, Rocha to be enshrined in CONCACAF Hall of Fame". CONCACAF. 14 April 2009. http://www.concacaf.com/page/ConfederationDetail/0,,12813~1858224,00.html. Retrieved 8 November 2009. 
3. ^ Rogers, Martin. "It’s football to you, soccer to me". Yahoo.com, July 1, 2010

Persondata
Name	Toye, Clive
Alternative names	The Boss
Short description	Soccer general manager
Date of birth
Place of birth	Plymouth, Devon, England
Date of death
Place of death