John Duffy (soccer)
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{other people|John Duffy}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = John Duffy
| fullname = John J. Duffy
| image = John Duffy (1928).jpg
| caption = John Duffy in 1928
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|9|6}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|9|27|1905|9|6}}
| death_place = Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
| height =
| position = Fullback
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1925–1927
| years2 = 1927–1929
| years3 = 1929–1930
| years4 = 1930
| years5 = 1930
| years6 = 1930
| clubs1 = Philadelphia Field Club
| clubs2 = Newark Skeeters
| clubs3 = New York Nationals
| clubs4 = New York Giants
| clubs5 = Brooklyn Wanderers
| clubs6 = New York Soccer Club
| caps1 = 18
| caps2 = 4
| caps3 = 1
| caps4 = 2
| caps5 = 3
| caps6 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1928
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
}}
John Duffy (September 6, 1905 – September 27, 1984 in Woburn, Massachusetts) was a former U.S. soccer full back. Duffy played five years in the American Soccer League and earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1928.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27734 |title=John Duffy |work=Olympedia |access-date=September 16, 2021}}
American Soccer League
In 1925, Duffy signed with the Philadelphia Field Club of the American Soccer League. He spent two seasons in Philadelphia before moving to the Newark Skeeters for the 1927–1928 season. In 1928, the Skeeters were suspended from the ASL and moved to the Eastern Professional Soccer League. In 1929, Duffy moved to the New York Nationals. In 1930, the Nationals were renamed the New York Giants. Duffy began the fall 1930 season with the Giants before playing three games with the Brooklyn Wanderers and finished the fall with one game with the New York Soccer Club.{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8108-3429-4 | id = () }}
National team
Duffy earned two caps with the U.S. national team. The first came at the 1928 Summer Olympics when the U.S. lost to Argentina 11–2. Following this loss, the U.S. tied Poland, 3-3, on June 10, 1928.[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html U.S. international results at RSSSF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html |date=January 13, 2010}}
References
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{{United States football squad 1928 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic soccer players for the United States
Category:United States men's international soccer players
Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Category:Philadelphia Field Club players
Category:Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) players
Category:Newark Skeeters players
Category:New York Nationals (ASL) players
Category:New York Giants (soccer, 1930–1932) players
Category:Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players
Category:New York Soccer Club players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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