Herman Rapp

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|birth_place=Stuttgart, Germany

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|death_place=Whiting, New Jersey, United States

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|position=Defender

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Herman Rapp (6 December 1908 - May 1986){{cite web |title=Herman Rapp

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was a German-American soccer defender who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|title=1934 FIFA World Cup Italy vs USA |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1135/report.html |website=FIFA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921153836/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1135/report.html |access-date=30 May 2023| archive-date=2007-09-21 }}

Club career

In 1928, Rapp is listed with F.C. Schwaben of the International Soccer Football League of Chicago. He was then listed with the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League during the World Cup.{{cite web |title=Early World Cups US Squads |url=http://national.soccerhall.org/early%20world%20cup.htm

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International career

In 1934, Rapp was called into the U.S. team for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. However, he did not enter the lone U.S. game of the tournament, a 7–1 loss to eventual champion Italy.{{cite web|title=1934 FIFA World Cup Italy vs USA |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1135/report.html |website=FIFA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921153836/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1135/report.html |access-date=30 May 2023| archive-date=2007-09-21 }}

Coaching

In 1938, Rapp was the head coach of the Schwaben. By then Schwaben competed in the National Soccer League of Chicago.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070822225751/http://www.schwabensoccer.com/history.html History of Chicago Schwaben]

Category:Footballers from Stuttgart

Category:German emigrants to the United States

Category:American men's soccer players

Category:Chicago Schwaben players

Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players

Category:Uhrik Truckers players

Category:1934 FIFA World Cup players

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:German men's footballers

Category:1908 births

Category:1986 deaths

Category:20th-century German sportsmen

Category:20th-century American sportsmen