- Bill Carnihan
Infobox Football biography
playername= Bill Carnihan
fullname = William D. Carnihan
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1894|7|12
cityofbirth =Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath = death date and age|1964|11|16|1894|7|12
cityofdeath =Allentown, Pennsylvania
countryofdeath =United States
height =
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Center Half
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1921-1922
1922-1930
1930-1931
1931
clubs =Blantyre Victoria Partick Thistle
Bethlehem SteelNewark Americans
New York Americans
caps(goals) =
005 (0)
210 (2)
023 (0)
001 (0)
nationalyears = 1925-1926
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =William D. Carnihan (July 12, 1894 in
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ,Scotland – November 16, 1964 inAllentown, Pennsylvania ) who earned two caps with the U.S. national team. He began his professional career in Scotland before moving to theAmerican Soccer League .Club career
Carnihan began his career with Scottish club
Blantyre Victoria . In 1921, he moved toPartick Thistle for a single season. In 1922, he moved to the United States where he signed with Bethlehem Steel of theAmerican Soccer League . Over the next eight seasons, he was a regular in the Bethlehem midfield, playing 210 games in the ASL. These stats do not include the season that Bethlehem played in theEastern Professional Soccer League after being suspended by the ASL a month into the 1928-1929 season. Carnihal was injured in March 1930 [ [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl031930.html Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club – March 19, 1930 ] ] and lost most of the rest of that season. [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/mc042330.html] When Bethlehem folded at the end of the 1930 spring season, Carnihan moved to theNewark Americans for the fall 1930 and spring 1931 seasons. He then played one game with the New York Americans in the fall 1931 season before retiring.cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | format = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4) ]National team
His first game with the national team in a 6-1 win over Canada on
November 11 ,1925 . His second came almost exactly a year later in a 6-2 win over Canada onNovember 6 ,1926 . [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/biocarnihanw.html Obituary]
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