- Joe Hamm
Joseph “Joe” Hamm is a former U.S.
soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the1972 Summer Olympics .College
Hamm began as a forward in high school. He moved into the
midfielder while playing for the St. Louis University Billikens from 1969 to 1972. Hamm and his team mates won the 1969, 1970 and 1972NCAA Men's Soccer Championship . [ [http://www.stlsoccer.net/cgi-bin/webdata_pro.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=znews&keyval=znews.znew_id=1088 STL Soccer.net ] ]1972 Summer Olympics
Hamm joined the U.S. Olympic soccer team as it went through its qualification campaign for the
1972 Summer Olympics . OnApril 16 ,1972 , he scored a goal in the 3-2 loss to Guatemala. Despite the loss, the U.S. ultimately qualified for the games. At the Olympics, the U.S. went 0-2-1 in group play and did not qualify for the second round. Hamm did not play the first U.S. game, a tie, but came on forBuzz Demling in a 3-0 loss to Malaysia onAugust 29 ,1972 . He then started and played the entire game in 7-0 loss to host West Germany. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1972f-det.html Football Tournament 1972 Olympiad ] ]He was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame on
November 1 ,2001 .References
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