:Tom Amrhein
{{short description|American soccer player (1911–1987)}}
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|fullname=Thomas Phillip Amrhein
|birth_date=March 9, 1911
|birth_place= Baltimore, Maryland, US
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Thomas Amrhein (March 9, 1911 – September 3, 1987){{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/6072142:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=50e45968d046d8fc4f7981563c87d3e2&_phsrc=MZA3&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=2 December 2023}} was an American soccer midfielder. He spent thirteen seasons in the American Soccer League and was a member of the American team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite web | url=https://bolavip.com/mundial/Murio-el-ultimo-futbolista-presente-en-Italia-1934-20140313-0027.html | title=Murió el último futbolista presente en Italia 1934 | date=November 29, 2017 }}
Professional career
Amrhein began his professional career with Baltimore Canton of the American Soccer League in 1934 and played with them through the 1946–1947 season. In 1936, Canton became known as the Baltimore S.C. In 1940, Baltimore S.C. shared the National Challenge Cup title with Chicago Sparta after the two played to 0-0 and 2-2 ties.{{Cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usacuphist.html |title = USA - List of US Open Cup Finals}} In 1942, the team became known as the Baltimore Americans. Under this name, Amrhein and his teammates won the 1945-1946 ASL championship.
National team
Amrhein was in the U.S. team for the 1934 FIFA World Cup, but did play in the only U.S. game of the cup, a 7–1 loss to eventual champion Italy.{{cite web |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43921.html |title=Archived copy |website=fifa.com |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921153745/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43921.html |archive-date=September 21, 2007 |url-status=dead}}
Amrhein was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame in 1981.{{cite web |url=http://www.oldtimerssoccer.net/halloffame.php |title=Old Timers Soccer Association of Maryland |accessdate=July 18, 2012|url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208124808/http://www.oldtimerssoccer.net/halloffame.php |archivedate=February 8, 2012}}
Amrhein died on September 3, 1987, at the age of 76.{{cite news |title=Thomas Amrhein, retired auditor for state, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-obituary-for-thomas-p/136140855/ |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=4 September 1987}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160123215106/http://national.soccerhall.org/Election%20Process/2007/Veteran_Bios.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame eligibility bio]
References
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{{United States Squad 1934 World Cup}}
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:1934 FIFA World Cup players
Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Category:Baltimore S.C. players
Category:Baltimore Americans players
Category:Soccer players from Baltimore
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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