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 Ed began playing soccer
in his native Scotland for Klondyke Athletic Juniors at outside right and
then at center forward and also played for St. Mungo's R.C. School in
Greenock.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1976 |
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Born: October 21, 1924 - Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
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Died: May 18, 1989 - Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
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Position:
Halfback |
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Int'l
Caps: 3 |
Int'l
Goals: 0 |
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He was selected the
Scottish Junior League on a tour of the North of Scotland. On 16 June, 1947 he signed for Wrexham
a club in the north of Wales then playing in the Third Division North of
the English Football League. He
played just seven Football League games for Wrexham before moving to the
U.S. to stay with his sister arriving in New York on March 7, 1949. During his time in the United States
he played in the American Soccer League with the Philadelphia Nationals.
His play brought him to the attention of the selectors of the U.S.
nationals team and he was chosen to be a member of the U.S. World Cup
team in Brazil in 1950. There he
played in all three games at right half and captained the team that beat England
1-0 in Belo Horizonte. Earlier in
that same year he played for a Kearny-Philadelphia All-Star team against Manchester
United, who were on tour, and his display that day attracted the
attention of United manager Matt Busby.
Following the World Cup he signed for Manchester United where he
played just two first team games early in the 1950-51 season. After leaving United he played for
Waterford in the Republic of Ireland on the recommendation of famous
Manchester United star Johnny Carey. While with Waterford in 1955 he played inside left for the League
of Ireland representative team against the Irish League in Dublin, the
Hessen League of Germany in Frankfurt and the Hessen League in
Kassel. After four years with Waterford
he returned to England to play for Headington United, before retiring to
live in Eastbourne where he ran a soccer school. When he returned to Britain from the
U.S. he was nicknamed by the Scottish press "The Yank from the Tail
of the Bank" a reference to the sand bank that finishes at Greenock
where he was born.
U.S. National Team
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