- Gene Grabowski
Gene Grabowski is a former U.S.
soccer forward. He earned one caps with the U.S. national team in a 1957 World Cup qualifier..Grabowksi graduated from Kearny High School of
Kearny, New Jersey in 1953. In 1999, he was named by "The Star-Ledger " as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1940s-1960s. [Jandoli, Ron. [http://web.archive.org/web/20030110132039/http://nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/bsoccerdecades.html "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade"] , "The Star-Ledger ", November 7, 1999, backed up by theInternet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.]He spent at least one season with the
Elizabeth Falcons of theAmerican Soccer League (ASL) as he led the ASL in scoring with 19 goals during the 1955-1956 season. That season, the Falcons lost the championship game toUhrik Truckers .Grabowski earned one caps with the U.S. national team on
April 7 ,1957 . That game, a 7-0 loss to Mexico was a qualifier for the1958 FIFA World Cup . [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 ] ] Grabowski scored one goal with the U.S. in its 7-2 victory over Haiti in the 1959 Pan American Games. The U.S. took the bronze medals at those games, which are not recognized internationals.References
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