- Werner Mieth
Infobox Football biography
playername= Werner Meith
fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1912|4|28
cityofbirth =Meissen
countryofbirth =Germany
dateofdeath = death date and age|1997|8|28|1912|4|28
cityofdeath =Union, New Jersey
countryofdeath =United States
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Halfback
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1925-1935
1935-1937
1937-1938
1938-1939
1939-1940
1940-1941
1941-1953
1953-1954
1954-1962
1962-
clubs = CoswigNewark Germans
McDonoughKearny Irish Trenton Highlanders
Paterson DoversPhiladelphia German-Americans
→Philadelphia Americans
→Uhrik Truckers Elizabeth Falcons Newark Germans
caps(goals) =
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ntupdate =Werner Meith (born
April 28 ,1912 inMeissen ,Germany ; diedSeptember 28 ,1997 inUnion, New Jersey ) was a German-Americanfootball (soccer) halfback. He is a member of theNational Soccer Hall of Fame . He spent most of his career in theAmerican Soccer League and theGerman American Soccer League .Meith began his career in Germany as a junior player with Coswig. In 1925, he moved to the United States where he joined the junior team of the
Newark Germans which competed in theGerman American Soccer League . He eventually found a place with the Americans’ first team as it won the 1931, 1932 and 1932 GASL titles. In 1933, Newark joined theAmerican Soccer League . Meith moved to McDonough S.C. in 1935 and to theKearny Irish in 1937. He remained there for only one season before switching to theTrenton Highlanders for the 1938-1939 season and the Paterson Dovers for the 1939-1940 season. In 1940, Meith joined thePhiladelphia German-Americans where he spent the next twelve seasons. The German-Americans were renamed the Americans in 1941, winning the ASL championship in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948 and 1952. In 1953, Uhrick Trucking purchased the team, renaming the team theUhrik Truckers . In 1954, Truckers released Meith and he moved to theElizabeth Falcons . In 1962, he moved to the Westfield Lions which played in the Italian League. At some point, he returned to theNewark Germans .External links
* [http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/werner_mieth.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame profile]
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