George Nemchik

Infobox Football biography
playername= George Nemchik


fullname = George Nemchik
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1915|3|14
cityofbirth = Superior, Pennsylvania
countryofbirth = United States
dateofdeath = death date and age|1988|7|11|1915|3|14
cityofdeath = Trenton, New Jersey
countryofdeath = United States
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currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Temple University
years = 1934-1941
1941-1942
1942-1943
1943-1944
1944-1945
1946-
clubs = Philadelphia German-Americans
Philadelphia Nationals
Kearny Celtic
New York Americans
Brookhattan
Chicago Viking
caps(goals) =
18 (18)
nationalyears = 1937
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(1)
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George Nemchik (March 14, 1915 – July 11, 1988) was a former U.S. soccer player. He spent twelve season in the American Soccer League and later won the U.S. Open Cup with the amateur Chicago Viking. Nemchik earned three caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team in 1937. He was also a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic Soccer team.

Club career

Nemchik attended Temple University where he played collegiate soccer. In 1939, he was named a first team All American. ^{[http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/soccer/soccer_records_book/2002/07MensAwards.pdf]} While at Temple, he was also an All American baseball player. However, Temple registers his last name as Nemchick.

In 1934, while at Temple, Nemchik signed with the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League (ASL). The German-Americans won the ASL title in 1935 and the U.S. Open Cup in 1936. In 1941, he moved to the Philadelphia Nationals for one season. In 1942, Nemchik moved again, this time to Kearny Celtic After only two seasons with the New Jersey club, he moved again, this time to the New York Americans in 1944. After only a single season, Nemchik jumped across town to Brookhattan for the 1944-1945 season. In this, his last, season in the ASL, Nemchik won another ASL championship and the 1945 U.S. Open Cup. He then left the east coast and moved to Chicago where he joined Chicago Viking of the North American Professional Soccer League. That year, the Vikings won the 1946 U.S. Open Cup over Fall River Ponta Delgado.

National and Olympic team

Nemchik was selected for the U.S. soccer team which lost to Italy in the first round of the 1936 Summer Olympics. ^{[http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1936f-det.html]}

Nemchik earned three caps with the U.S. national team in 1937. All three games were losses to Mexico in September. However, Nemchik scored a goal in the second game, a 2-7 loss in Mexico City.

He was born in Superior, Pennsylvania and died in Trenton, New Jersey.

External links

* [http://www.soccerhall.org/Election%20Process/2007/Veteran_Bios.htm Hall of Fame eligibility profile]
* [http://www.vikingsaa.com/history_1.html Viking Athletic Association history]