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Played
as a schoolboy in Scotland and came to the U.S. in 1907.
Played for the Boston Rovers and Charlestown as a winger and a
halfback and was known as "Old Stonewall".
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1951 |
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Born: 1888 - Rothesay, Bute,
Scotland
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Died: June 30, 1950 - Boston, MA
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Organized the
Massachusetts State Association and was secretary for nine
years. As a delegate to the United States Football
Association, he assisted in creating the Amateur Cup
competition, but is best known as the manager of the 1924 U.S.
Olympic team at the Paris Olympics of 1924. Third
vice-president of the USSFA in 1916-17 and the soccer writer
for the Boston Globe from 1914 until his death in Boston at
the age of 62.
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