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词条 Al Harker
释义

  1. Youth and college

  2. Professional

  3. National team

  4. Personal

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| death_place = Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, United States
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| years1 = 1929–1930
| years2 = 1930–1931
| years3 = 1931–1932
| years4 = 1932–1941
| years5 = 1941–
| clubs1 = Corinthians
| clubs2 = Upper Darby
| clubs3 = Kensington Blue Bells
| clubs4 = Philadelphia German-Americans
| clubs5 = → Philadelphia Americans
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Albert “Al” Harker (April 11, 1910 – April 3, 2006) was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. During his Hall of Fame career, he won three American Soccer League championships, two league cups, a National Amateur Cup title and the 1935 National Challenge Cup.

Youth and college

Harker attended Girard College where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1926 to 1929.

Professional

Following his graduation from Girard, he signed with Corinthians of the National Soccer League of Philadelphia. In 1930, he moved to Upper Darby and in 1931 to the Kensington Blue Bells. In 1932, he moved to the Philadelphia German-Americans. When the second American Soccer League formed in 1933, the German-Americans moved to the new league. That year, the team won the National Amateur Cup and the National Challenge Cup in 1935. The team became known as the Philadelphia Americans in 1941. Under its new name, Harker and his team mates won the ASL championship in 1942, 1944 and 1947, as well as the league cup in 1941 and 1943.

National team

Harker was called into the for the 1934 FIFA World Cup, but did not see time in the lone U.S. game of the cup, a 7-1 loss to eventual champion Italy.[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43921.html] He was also called into the U.S. Olympic soccer team for the 1936 Summer Olympics, but declined because he was unable to take two months off work.

He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Girard College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. 

Personal

Harker died on April 8, 2006, at a nursing home in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, eight days before his 96th birthday. He was the last surviving member of the 1934 World Cup squad.[1] Even in his later years Al would sit with his great-granddaughter and recall the days of playing with his teammates. He would recall how they would come over to the house during the summer and pick up a game of volleyball in the backyard. Al always held those fond memories of soccer close to his heart. Seventy-three years later he still wore his National Amateur Cup ring.

References

1. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/sports/soccer/09harker.html New York Times Obituary]

External links

  • National Soccer Hall of Fame
{{United States Squad 1934 World Cup}}{{National Soccer Hall of Fame members}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Harker, Al}}

10 : 1910 births|2006 deaths|Sportspeople from Philadelphia|Soccer players from Pennsylvania|American soccer players|American Soccer League (1933–83) players|Uhrik Truckers players|National Soccer Hall of Fame members|1934 FIFA World Cup players|Association football defenders

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