Jimmy Dunn (soccer)

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playername= Jimmy Dunn
fullname = James Dunn
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dateofbirth = birth date|1898|8|21
cityofbirth = St. Louis, Missouri
countryofbirth = United States
dateofdeath = death date and age|2003|8|26|1951|10|3
cityofdeath = St. Louis, Missouri
countryofdeath = United States
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position = Forward
youthyears = 1914-1915
1915-1916
youthclubs = Christian Brothers College
Missouri A.C.
years = 1916-1917
1919-1927
clubs = Ben Millers
Ben Millers
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James “Jimmy” or “Ebbie” Dunn (born August 21, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri; died St. Louis, Missouri) was a U.S. soccer forward. He spent nine seasons with Ben Millers in the St. Louis Soccer League and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1974.

Biography

Dunn began his career with Christian Brothers College (CBC) of the St. Louis Municipal League, the city’s de facto second division. CBC won the league title, but Dunn moved to the Missouri Athletic Club for the 1915-1916 season. Dunn won a second Municipal League title that season before turning professional with the Ben Millers of the St. Louis Soccer League. Dunn played the 1916-1917 season with Ben Millers, winning another league title. At the end of the season, Dunn enlisted in the U.S. Navy for two years. When he returned to St. Louis in 1919, he resigned with Ben Millers becoming the team’s starting center forward. Ben Millers won the 1919-1920 league title. In May 1920, Ben Millers won the National Challenge Cup over Fore River of the Southern New England Soccer League. Dunn, captain for the game, scored the winning goal, twelve minutes into the second half for the 2-1 win. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9402E6DF103FE432A25753C1A9639C946195D6CF November 10, 1920 New York Times] ] Ben Millers did not win another league title until the 1924-1925 season. However, that championship put them into the one-time American Professional Soccer Championship. In 1925, the St. Louis Soccer League and American Soccer League boycotted the National Challenge Cup. In its place, they competed in what they called the American Professional Soccer Championship which pitted the champions of the two leagues. The Ben Millers faced the Boston Wonder Workers for a two game series. The first, played in St. Louis, went to Ben Millers, with Dunn scoring the game’s lone goal. On the return game in Boston, the Wonder Workers won 3-1, with Dunn again scoring. The final, and deciding, game took place two weeks later in St. Louis. The Wonder Workers won the game and the title with a 3-2 victory. Dunn again scored in the loss. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1925.html U.S. Soccer History – 1925] ] Ben Millers repeated as league champion in each of the next two seasons and finished runner-up to Bethlehem Steel F.C. in the 1926 National Challenge Cup. Over his nine seasons with Ben Miller, Dunn scored fifty-three goals.

Honors

Dunn was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1971 [ [http://eteamz.active.com/stlsoccerhalloffame/news/index.cfm?cat=466590 St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame] ] and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1974. Since 1986, the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame has awarded an annual “Jimmy Dunn Memorial High School Coach of the Year” award. [ [http://eteamz.active.com/stlsoccerhalloffame/news/index.cfm?cat=466585 St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame] ]

External links

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

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