James Gallagher (soccer)

{{short description|American soccer player}}

{{about|the 1928 Summer Olympics soccer player|1930 World Cup soccer player|Jimmy Gallagher}}

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| name = James Gallagher

| image = James Gallagher (1928).jpg

| caption = Gallagher in 1928

| full_name = James Aloysius Gallagher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|6|8}}

| birth_place = East Newark, New Jersey, U.S.{{cite web |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7644742 |title=Draft Registration Cards for New Jersey, October 16, 1940–March 31, 1947 |at=Record Group 147: Records of the Selective Service System; Box: 229 |publisher=Selective Service System: New Jersey State Headquarters |via=National Archives and Records Administration}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|4|16|1909|6|8}}

| death_place = Neptune Township, New Jersey, U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-obituary-for-james-a/130000963/ |title=Obituaries |newspaper=Asbury Park Press |page=A7 |date=April 18, 1992 |access-date=August 14, 2023}}

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1928

| clubs1 = Ryerson Juniors

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| years2 = 1928–19??

| clubs2 = Bayonne Rovers

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| nationalyears1 = 1928

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 1

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James Aloysius Gallagher (June 8, 1909 – April 16, 1992) was an American soccer player who earned two caps with the United States national soccer team. One cap came at the 1928 Summer Olympics where the U.S. lost to Argentina in the first round.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27746 |title=James Gallagher |work=Olympedia |access-date=September 16, 2021}} He earned his second cap in a 3–3 away draw with Poland on June 10, 1928.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html |date=January 13, 2010 }} At the time, he played for Ryerson Juniors.[http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Articles/2003/02/90-Year-Anniversary-Articles-Soccer-Wire-Decades-1920-1929.aspx 90-Year Anniversary Articles: Soccer Wire Decades (1920-1929)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101054710/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Articles/2003/02/90-Year-Anniversary-Articles-Soccer-Wire-Decades-1920-1929.aspx |date=November 1, 2010 }} He later played for Bayonne Rovers.{{cite news |location=Bayonne, New Jersey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bayonne-times-hispanos-and-rovers-si/130003249/ |title=Hispanos and Rovers Sign Olympic Stars |newspaper=The Bayonne Times |page=9 |date=September 10, 1928 |access-date=August 14, 2023}}

Born in East Newark, New Jersey, Gallagher was a longtime resident of Belmar, New Jersey, and died on April 16, 1992, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.