Paul Danilo

Infobox Football biography
playername= Duts Danilo
fullname = Paul Danilo
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1919|7|5
cityofbirth = South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
countryofbirth = United States
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height = height|ft=5|in=10
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position = Outside Right
youthyears =
youthclubs = Christian Brothers College
years = 1937
1937-1938
1939-1946
1946-1947
1947-1952
clubs = Morgan
Heidelberg
Morgan
Pittsburgh Indians
Morgan
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manageryears = 1953-1957
managerclubs = Morgan
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Paul “Duts” Danilo (born July 5, 1919 in South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. soccer outside right who played most of his career with amateur teams in western Pennsylvania. He scored the winning goal in the 1940 U.S. Open Cup and later served as a coach and administrator on both the local and national levels. Danilo is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Player

In 1937, Danilo joined the Morgan Soccer Club which competed in the Keystone League. At the time, western Pennsylvania was one of the dominant regions in U.S. soccer. Danilo jumped to Heidelberg later in 1937 for a single season before returning to Morgan in 1939. In 1940, he scored the winning goal as Morgan won the National Amateur Cup final. In 1946, he signed with the Pittsburgh Indians of the North American Professional Soccer League, winning the 1947 league title. He returned to Morgan the next season and retired from playing in 1952.

Coach and administrator

Danilo became the head coach for Morgan in 1953, a position he held for four seasons. He also served as secretary and then president of the West Penn Soccer Association and was the Commissioner of both the U.S. Open Cup and National Amateur Cup.

Danilo was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1997. He is the son in-law of Daniel Zampini, also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

External links

* [http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/paul_danilo.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame profile]
* [http://national.soccerhall.org/RNO%20-%20WATN/PaulDanilo_WATN.htm Where Are They Now – Paul Danilo]
* [http://books.google.dj/books?id=wlnnlUuUCkwC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=+%22paul+danilo%22+soccer&source=web&ots=Dj5RfTf8Hs&sig=Qn6nzbw_G-l9m1GQMMxs2BY_srA&hl=fr Team photo of Morgan after 1940 Amateur Cup]

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