Rolf Valtin

Rolf Valtin is a former U.S. soccer forward who was a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic soccer team.

Valtin attended Swarthmore College where he earned first team All American honors in 1947. [ [http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/soccer/soccer_records_book/2002/07MensAwards.pdf 2002 NCAA Soccer Records Book ] ] In 1948, he was selected as a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The U.S. lost to Italy, 9-0, in the first round. When the U.S. team returned to the U.S., it played two games against Israel. Valtin played in both, a 4-1 victory on October 10, 1948 in which Valtin scored, and a second victory seven days later. However, neither are considered full internationals. In 1949, Valtin played for the Philadelphia Americans of the American Soccer League. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1949.html The Year in American Soccer - 1949 ] ]

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