Tommy Duggan

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playername = Tommy Duggan
fullname = Thomas Duggan
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date|1897|8|31
cityofbirth = Liverpool
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1961|11|30|1897|8|31
cityofdeath = Kearny, New Jersey
countryofdeath = United States
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position = Outside Right
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years = 1914-
1916
1918
1921-1922
1922-1923
1923-1924
1924-1925
1925-1926
1926-1927
1927
1927-1928
1929-1930
clubs = Valley Boys
Babcock and Wilcox
West Hudson A.A.
Philadelphia Merchant Ship
New York Field Club
Paterson Silk Sox
New York Field Club
Indiana Flooring
New York Giants
Newark Skeeters
New York Nationals
Newark Skeeters
New York Giants
Newark Portuguese
caps(goals) =
24 0(8)
19 0(9)
27 (14)
16 0(3)
45 (12)
16 0(5)
02 0(0)
18 0(3)
05 0(0)
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Tommy Duggan (born August 31, 1897 in Liverpool, England; died November 30, 1961 in Kearny, New Jersey) was a U.S. soccer outside right who played in both the National Association Football League and American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Duggan’s early career is sketchy. He moved to the United States in 1911. The first team he is recorded as playing with is the Valley Boys, of an unknown league, in 1914. He then played for Babcock and Wilcox, West Hudson A.A. and Philadelphia Merchant Ship, all of the National Association Football League (NAFBL). He was with Babcock and Wilcox in December 1916. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F02EEDA1F3FE233A25752C0A9649D946796D6CF December 1, 1916 "New York Times"] ] In March 1918, he was with West Hudson A.A.. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A07E2D8113FE433A2575BC1A9659C946996D6CF March 18, 1918 "New York Times"] ] In 1921, the American Soccer League replaced the NAFBL. Duggan signed with the New York Field Club of the ASL and spent one season with them before bouncing from one team to another. He was with the Paterson Silk Sox in the 1922-1923 season, winning the 1923 National Challenge Cup, [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usacuphist.html U.S. Open Cup at RSSSF] ] but was back with New York F.C. the next season. In 1924, the New York F.C. was sold to new ownership which renamed it Indiana Flooring. While Duggan began the season with Indiana, he moved to the New York Giants sixteen games into the season. Duggan then spent his longest time with an ASL team, not leaving the Giants until three games into the 1926-1927 season. He moved to the Newark Skeeters before moving to the New York Nationals for the start of the 1927-1928 season, but was back in Newark after only two games. [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) ] He then played the 1929-1930 season with the New York Giants. According to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, he also played for Newark Portuguese.

Duggan was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1955.

External links

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

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