Albert Harker

Al Harker
Personnel
Surname	Albert Harker
birthday	April 11, 1910
place of birth	Philadelphia ,  Pennsylvania
date of death	April 3, 2006
Place of death	Camp Hill ,  Pennsylvania
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1926-1929	Girard College
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1929-1930	Corinthians
1930-1931	Upper Darby
1931-1932	Kensington Blue Bells
1932–?	Philadelphia German Americans
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1934	United States	at least 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Albert "Al" Harker (born April 11, 1910 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 3, 2006 in Camp Hill , Pennsylvania) was an American football player .

Athletic career

Harker played from 1932 for the Philadelphia Americans, who at the time were still playing as Philadelphia German Americans . With the club, the defender won the National Amateur Cup in 1933 and 1934 . As a result, he was appointed alongside teammates Bill Fielder , Peter Pietras , Francis Ryan and Herman Rapp in the squad of the US national team for qualifying for the 1934 World Cup , which consisted of a game against the Mexican national team three days before the start of the finals. He played a part in the 4-2 win, but did not play a role in the game against hosts Italy , which was played three days later at the start of the tournament - the game ended in a 7-1 defeat.

In 1933, Harker had participated with the German Americans in the debut season of the American Soccer League , whose championship he won in the second year. In 1936 he won the most important competition in US football at the time, the National Challenge Cup, with the club . In the same year he was nominated again for participation in a major tournament with the national team, but could not take eight weeks off and therefore canceled his participation in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin .

After the war-related renaming in Philadelphia Americans, Harker and his teammates won again the championship in the American Soccer League in 1942, 1944 and 1947 before ending his active career in 1948. In 1979 he was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Albert Harker, Soccer Star for United States, Dies at 95th New York Times , April 9, 2006, accessed December 8, 2015 . 
2. ^ Hall of Famer Albert Harker dies. USA Today , April 4, 2006, accessed December 8, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Philadelphia German Americans win the 1936 US Open Cup. The Philly Soccer Page, September 3, 2014, accessed December 8, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Albert “Al” Harker. Society for American Soccer History, accessed December 8, 2015 .