James Crockett (soccer)

{{short description|American soccer player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|2|17}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|7|30|1910|2|17}}

| death_place = Meadowood, Pennsylvania, United States

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| position = Center Back

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| clubs1 = Philadelphia German-Americans

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| nationalyears1 = 1936

| nationalteam1 = United States

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James Crockett (February 17, 1910 – July 30, 1986) was a U.S. soccer center back who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27719 |title=James Crockett |work=Olympedia |access-date=September 23, 2021}}

Crockett was selected as a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Olympic Games. He played in the only U.S. game of the tournament, a 1–0 loss to Italy.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025210100/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=292119/index.html FIFA Player Profile] At the time, he played for the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League. In 1936, Crockett and his teammates defeated the St. Louis Shamrocks in the National Challenge Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usacuphist.html List of U.S. Open Cup Finals]

He died in Meadowood, Pennsylvania.