Tom Lynch (soccer)

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Thomas Lynch was an American soccer midfielder who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts.

In 1934, Lynch 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.^{[https://web.archive.org/web/20070921153836/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1135/report.html]}

Lynch played professionally in the American Soccer League, being listed with Brooklyn Celtic during the World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090415140323/http://national.soccerhall.org/early%20world%20cup.htm The Early World Cups], national.soccerhall.org In 1935, he was with the New York Americans.{{cite web | url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1935.html | title=Home }}

Lynch is deceased.{{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 }}