:John Boulos

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| name = John Boulos

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|6|7}}

| birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|1|16|1921|6|7}}

| death_place = Brooklyn, New York, United States

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| position = Forward

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| years2 = 1940–1949

| years3 = 1949–1953

| years4 = 1953–

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| clubs1 = Segura

| clubs2 = Brooklyn Hispano{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/players/john-boulos.html|title=John Boulos 1980 Inductee - Attacker|editor=Press|publisher=National Soccer Hall of Fame|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725115025/https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/players/john-boulos.html|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/john-boulos/|title=John Boulos - Stats|editor=Press|publisher=SoccerStats.us|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725121303/http://soccerstats.us/bios/john-boulos/|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}}

| clubs3 = New York Hakoah

| clubs4 = Lithuania Sport

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| caps2 = 29~

| goals2 = 30

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John "Frenchy" Boulos (June 7, 1921 – January 16, 2002) was a Haitian soccer player, who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and German-American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Boulos is the grandfather of women's soccer player Kimberly Boulos.

Early years

Boulos was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a family of Lebanese descent. He attended school at Saint-Louis de Gonzague in Haiti before migrating to the United States in 1930 at age nine,{{cite web|url=http://www.lisfl.org/docs/2011%20ENYSHOF.pdf|title=Eastern New York Hall of Fame 1997-2011|editor=Press|year=2011|page=5|publisher=Eastern New York State Soccer Association|access-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204211317/http://www.lisfl.org/docs/2011%20ENYSHOF.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2019|url-status=live}} where his family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the Manual Training School where he won the New York City Championship and led the league in scoring, as well as being selected as league MVP. In addition to his school team, Boulos also played for the Bay Ridge Hearts junior team.

Club career

At some point, Boulos played for Sequra in the Metropolitan League and then for Brooklyn Hispano in the American Soccer League. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was stationed in India. When he returned from the war, Boulos rejoined Hispano, playing with them until 1949. That year, he moved to New York Hakoah. In 1953, he moved to Lithuanian Sport in the German-American Soccer League, winning the GASL and New York State Cup titles in 1954.

Honors

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United States National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1980{{cite web|url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1980.html|title=The Year in American Soccer - 1980|editor=Litterer, David|editor2=Holroyd, Steve|date=31 January 2010|publisher=The American Soccer History Archives|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223163955/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1980.html|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=dead}}