Terry Springthorpe

Football player infobox
playername= Terry Springthorpe
fullname = Terry Springthorpe
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date|1923|12|4
cityofbirth = Draycott
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2006|7|25|1923|10|3
height =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1947–1950
1950–1951
clubs = fc|Wolverhampton Wanderers
fc|Coventry City
New York Americans
→ New York Hakoah-Americans
caps(goals) = 035 00(0)
012 00(0)
nationalyears = 1953–1957
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 00(0)

Terry Springthorpe (born December 4, 1923 in Draycott, England, died July 25, 2006) was an English-American football (soccer) defender. He began his career in England before moving to the American Soccer League in 1950. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team.

Career

Club

Springthorpe signed with fc|Wolverhampton Wanderers on August 1, 1947 and played with the team until he transferred to fc|Coventry City on December 1, 1950. During his three years with the Wolves, he saw time in thirty-five league games and one FA Cup game. However, that one cup game was significant as Wolves defeated Leicester City 3-1 in the 1949 Cup final. [ [http://mobile.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1949.html 1949 FA Cup Final] ]

In December 1950, he moved to fc|Coventry City for £10,000. He then played twelve league games with Coventry before leaving the team on May 31, 1951 to move to the United States. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=7534 www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database] ]

In 1953, Springthorpe was with the New York Americans of the American Soccer League (ASL). [ [http://soccerhall.org/ColinJose/EnglandvUnitedStates.htm The History of the Rivalry Between England and the U.S.A] ] In 1957, Americans merged with Brooklyn Hakoah to form the New York Hakoah-Americans. Springthorpe remained with the renamed team through at least 1958. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1958.html The Year in American Soccer - 1958] ]

National team

Springthorpe earned two caps with the U.S. national team. The first was a 6-3 loss to England on June 8, 1953. This game was notable as the first soccer game played under lights in the United States. His second national team game did not come until April 28, 1957. In that game, the U.S. fell to Mexico in a World Cup qualifier. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969] ]

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