Johnny Jaap

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playername = Johnny Jaap
fullname = John Jaap
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dateofbirth = birth date|1895|8|12
cityofbirth = Bellshill
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = death date and age|1974|5|1|1895|8|12
cityofdeath = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
countryofdeath = United States
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position = Inside Right
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1921-1922
1925-1930
1930-1931
1931
clubs = Castle Shannon
Arden
Vestaburg
Jeannette
Philadelphia Field Club
Bethlehem Steel
Hearts
Newark Americans
caps(goals) =
007 0(1)
115 (43)
010 0(4)
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Johnny Jaap (born August 12, 1895 in Bellshill, Scotland; died May, 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a Scottish-U.S. soccer inside right. He played seven seasons in the American Soccer League and one with Hearts. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Jaap was born in Scotland, but moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. His family settled in Pittsburgh where he grew up playing soccer from a young age. He began his career in 1912 with a series of amateur and semi-professional teams in the Pittsburgh area. In 1921, he moved to Philadelphia Field Club of the first division American Soccer League. His first game came on February 13, 1922, a 5-2 victory over the Fall River Marksmen. [ [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl021322.html February 13, 1922 "The Globe"] ] Jaap played seven games with Philadelphia, but returned to the minor leagues for several years. In September 1925, Bethlehem Steel F.C. signed Jaap. [ [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl091525.html September 15, 1925 "The Globe"] ] Jaap remained with Bethlehem until it folded in 1930. During that time, Jaap won four league titles with Philadelphia/Bethlehem and the 1926 National Challenge Cup. In the Challenge Cup, a 7-2 win over St. Louis Scullin Steel F.C., Jaap scored one of the Bethlehem goals. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usacuphist.html U.S. Open Cup in RSSSF] ] After Bethlehem Steel folded, Jaap moved to Scotland for one season with Hearts F.C. He was back in the United States with the Newark Americans for one season.

After retiring from playing, Jaap became a youth coach. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1953.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/biojaapj.html Bethlehem Steel profile]
* [http://soccerhall.org/famers/john_jaap.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame profile]

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