Jimmy Douglas
Football, Football player
1898 – 1972
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Who was Jimmy Douglas?
Jimmy Douglas was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent his career in the first American Soccer League. He earned nine caps with the U.S. national team, making his first appearance for the "Stars and Stripes" at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Notably, he finished his international career at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, where he posted the first "clean sheet" in World Cup history. Douglas was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1953.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1898
East Newark - Also known as
- Даглас, Джимми
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- East Newark
- Died
- Mar 5, 1972
Point Pleasant
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on July 23, 2013
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