Gino Gardassanich

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playername= Gino Gard
fullname = Gino Gardassanich
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dateofbirth = birth date|1922|11|26
cityofbirth = Fiume
countryofbirth = Italy
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position = Goalkeeper
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years =
1949-1959
clubs = Fiumana
Reggina
Chicago Slovak
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Gino Gardassanich "(last name changed to Gard in 1949)" (born November 26, 1922 in Fiume, Italy) was a U.S.-Italian soccer goalkeeper who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Gardassanich began his career with Fiumana and Reggina. In 1949, he moved to the United States, settling in Chicago. When he arrived, he changed his name to Gino Gard and joined Chicago Slovak of the National Soccer League of Chicago. He played with Slovak until 1959. During that time, Gard and his team mates won multiple titles, including the league title in 1951, 1952 and 1954; ^{[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/nsl.html]} and the 1951 Peel Cup. In 1953, it lost the National Amateur Cup final to Ponta Delgada S.C. ^{[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/natamateur.html]} Gard was named the NSLC goalkeeper of the year in 1950. ^{[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/chicago.html]}

National team

Gard was selected to the U.S. roster for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was the original choice as the starting goalkeeper, but never entered a game.

Gard was inducted into the Illinois Hall of Fame in 1992 and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002.

External links

* [http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/gino_gard.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame profile]