Bart McGhee
| Bart McGhee | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Bartholomew McGhee | |
| birthday | April 30, 1899 | |
| place of birth | Edinburgh , Scotland | |
| date of death | January 26, 1979 | |
| Place of death | Philadelphia , USA | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1917-1919 | New York Shipbuilding | |
| 1919-1921 | Wolfenden Shore | |
| 1921-1922 | Philadelphia Hibernian | |
| 1922-1924 | New York Field Club | 48 (23) |
| 1924-1925 | Fleisher Yarn | 31 (10) |
| 1925-1927 | Indiana Flooring | 74 (37) |
| 1927-1929 | → New York Nationals (loan) | 68 (29) |
| 1929 | → Philadelphia Field Club (loan) | 18 (6) |
| 1929-1930 | New York Nationals | 52 (14) |
| 1930-1931 | → New York Giants (loan) | 59 (17) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1930 | United States | 3 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Bartholomew McGhee (born April 30, 1899 in Edinburgh , Scotland , † January 26, 1979 in Philadelphia , USA ) was an American football player .
A native of Scotland, Mc Ghee was the son of the Scottish international and Hibernian captain James McGhee . At the club level, he played for numerous teams from 1917 to 1931, including the New York Nationals . He was a member of the United States national soccer team and took part in the first World Cup in 1930 . There the striker made three appearances in the group matches against Paraguay and Belgium and the semi-finals against Argentina. On July 13th, Bart McGhee scored the first American goal in World Cup history and the second goal in World Cup history. McGhee, whose brother Jimmy McGhee was also a noted soccer player, was inducted posthumously into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986 .
Web links
- Bart McGhee in the database of FIFA (English)
- Profile on www.footballzz.com
Individual evidence
- ^ David Wangerin: Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game . WSC Books Limited, London 2006, ISBN 0-9540134-7-6 , pp. 92 .
- ^ "Where the Legend Began", p.9 by Rony J. Almeida
- ↑ USA squad at the 1930 World Cup on fifa.com ( Memento from October 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Picture of the US World Cup team 1930 with McGhee
- ↑ Match report on FIFA.com
- ↑ Bart McGhee in the database of FIFA (English)
- ↑ Match report on FIFA.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McGhee, beard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McGhee, Bartholomew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1979 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia , USA |