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'''Kurt Lamm''' (March 10, 1919 – July 1, 1987) was a German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator.<ref name="jewishsports1">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/KurtLamm.htm |title=Kurt Lamm |publisher=Jewishsports.net |date= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1987">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/04/obituaries/kurt-lamm.html |title=KURT LAMM |publisher=New York Times |date=July 4, 1987 |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref>
{{Infobox person
| name = Kurt Lamm
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|03|10}}
| birth_place = [[Salmünster]], Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|07|01|1919|03|10}}
| employer = [[American Soccer League (1933–83)|American Soccer League]]
| known_for = Soccer player, coach, manager, administrator
| children = 3
}}

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'''Kurt Lamm''' (March 10, 1919 – July 1, 1987) was a German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator.<ref name="jewishsports1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/KurtLamm.htm |title=Kurt Lamm |publisher=Jewishsports.net |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1987">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/04/obituaries/kurt-lamm.html |title=KURT LAMM |work=New York Times |date=July 4, 1987 |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref>


==Early and family life==
==Early and family life==
Lamm was Jewish, and was born in [[Salmünster]], Germany.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He came to the United States as a youth, in 1936.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-07-05/news/8702190126_1_executive-secretary-magazine-publisher-larry-flynt-gastric |title=Michael Bennett, 44, award-winning stage director and... |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=July 5, 1987 |author= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="bigapplesoccer1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/columns/lewis.php?article_id=23266|author=Michael Lewis |title=OFFSIDE REMARKS It's a small world, after all |publisher=Bigapplesoccer.com |date=April 10, 2010 |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.usasa.com/About/HallofFame/151551.html |title=2006 Members |publisher=USASA |date= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref> He was married to Doris Lamm, and had three children.<ref name="nytimes1987"/>
Lamm was Jewish, and was born in [[Salmünster]], Germany.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He came to the United States in 1936, at the age of 17.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-07-05/news/8702190126_1_executive-secretary-magazine-publisher-larry-flynt-gastric |title=Michael Bennett, 44, award-winning stage director and... |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=July 5, 1987 |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="bigapplesoccer1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/columns/lewis.php?article_id=23266|author=Michael Lewis |title=OFFSIDE REMARKS It's a small world, after all |publisher=Bigapplesoccer.com |date=April 10, 2010 |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="usasa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.usasa.com/About/HallofFame/151551.html |title=2006 Members |publisher=USASA |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref> He was married to Doris Lamm, and had three children.<ref name="nytimes1987"/>


==Soccer career==
==Soccer career==
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===Coach and manager===
===Coach and manager===


During his 14 years as a coach, Lamm’s [[New York Hakoah]] team won three successive American Soccer League Championships, from 1955 to 1958.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1963.html |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1963 |publisher=sover.net|author= Steve Holroyd|date= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref> He was named ASL’s Manager of the Year for the 1957–58 and 1962–63 seasons.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1962.html |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1962 |publisher=sover.net |date= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref>
During his 14 years as a coach, Lamm’s [[New York Hakoah]] team won three successive American Soccer League Championships, from 1955 to 1958.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1963.html |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1963 |publisher=sover.net |author=Steve Holroyd |access-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324145338/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1963.html |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was named ASL’s Manager of the Year for the 1957–58 and 1962–63 seasons.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1962.html |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1962 |publisher=sover.net |access-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807012733/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1962.html |archive-date=August 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Administrator===
===Administrator===
He served as the ASL's administrative director, vice president, and president from 1962 to 1967.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He was general secretary of the [[United States Soccer Federation]] from 1971 to 1987.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref name="nytimes1987"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1"/>
He served as the ASL's administrative director, vice president, and president from 1962 to 1967.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He was general secretary of the [[United States Soccer Federation]] from 1971 to 1987.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref name="nytimes1987"/><ref name="bigapplesoccer1"/><ref name="usasa1"/>


===Honors===
===Honors===


Lamm was inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame|U.S. National Soccer Federation Hall of Fame]] in 1979.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He was inducted into the [[Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football]] Hall of Fame in 1994, and the [[United States Adult Soccer Association]] Hall of Fame in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/HallOfFameDetail/0,,12813~1769115,00.html |title=Hall of Fame &#124; Kurt Lamm |publisher=CONCACAF |date= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccermidwest.us/id73.html |title=USASA Adult Soccer Midwest Region |publisher=Soccermidwest.us |date= |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref>
Lamm was inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame|U.S. National Soccer Federation Hall of Fame]] in 1979.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He was inducted into the [[Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football]] Hall of Fame in 1994, and the [[United States Adult Soccer Association]] Hall of Fame in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/HallOfFameDetail/0,,12813~1769115,00.html |title=Hall of Fame &#124; Kurt Lamm |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccermidwest.us/id73.html |title=USASA Adult Soccer Midwest Region |publisher=Soccermidwest.us |access-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831151712/http://www.soccermidwest.us/id73.html |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


He also received the Pillar of Achievement Award from the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="jewishsports1"/>
He also received the Pillar of Achievement Award from the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="jewishsports1"/>
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 19 December 2023

Kurt Lamm
Born(1919-03-10)March 10, 1919
Salmünster, Germany
DiedJuly 1, 1987(1987-07-01) (aged 68)
EmployerAmerican Soccer League
Known forSoccer player, coach, manager, administrator
Children3

Kurt Lamm (March 10, 1919 – July 1, 1987) was a German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator.[1][2]

Early and family life[edit]

Lamm was Jewish, and was born in Salmünster, Germany.[1] He came to the United States in 1936, at the age of 17.[3][4][5] He was married to Doris Lamm, and had three children.[2]

Soccer career[edit]

Lamm served as a soccer player, coach, and manager in the American Soccer League for 43 years.[1]

Player[edit]

Lamm began playing soccer as a goalkeeper, but was primarily a fullback-forward for 29 years (20 years as an amateur) with Fussball Club Schmalnau (Rhoen) and F.C. Borussia Fulda in Germany, and Prospect Unity, New York Americans, S.C. Eintracht, and F.C. Hakoah in the United States.[1][4][5] His Eintracht team of the German-American Soccer League won the 1944 National Amateur Cup Championship.[1]

Coach and manager[edit]

During his 14 years as a coach, Lamm’s New York Hakoah team won three successive American Soccer League Championships, from 1955 to 1958.[1][4][5][6] He was named ASL’s Manager of the Year for the 1957–58 and 1962–63 seasons.[1][4][5][7]

Administrator[edit]

He served as the ASL's administrative director, vice president, and president from 1962 to 1967.[1] He was general secretary of the United States Soccer Federation from 1971 to 1987.[1][2][4][5]

Honors[edit]

Lamm was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Federation Hall of Fame in 1979.[1] He was inducted into the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football Hall of Fame in 1994, and the United States Adult Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 1999.[8][9]

He also received the Pillar of Achievement Award from the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

The USASA Men's Amateur Cup is named in his honor.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Kurt Lamm". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "KURT LAMM". New York Times. July 4, 1987. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "Michael Bennett, 44, award-winning stage director and..." Chicago Tribune. July 5, 1987. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Michael Lewis (April 10, 2010). "OFFSIDE REMARKS It's a small world, after all". Bigapplesoccer.com. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "2006 Members". USASA. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  6. ^ Steve Holroyd. "The Year in American Soccer – 1963". sover.net. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1962". sover.net. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  8. ^ "Hall of Fame | Kurt Lamm". CONCACAF. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  9. ^ "USASA Adult Soccer Midwest Region". Soccermidwest.us. Archived from the original on August 31, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
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