Bill Looby
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Full name | William Edward Looby | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | November 20, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth |
St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | December 9, 1998 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1949–1950 | Dohle's | ||||||||||||||||
1950 | → Lennemann's | ||||||||||||||||
1950 | Zenthoefer Furs | ||||||||||||||||
1950–1952 |
St. Louis Raiders | ||||||||||||||||
1954–1970 | → St. Louis Kutis | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1954–1959 | United States | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bill Looby (November 20, 1931 – December 9, 1998) was an American
Professional
Looby played forward both professionally and for the
National team
In 1954 Looby became a member of the U.S. National Team. In 1956, he played for the U.S. Olympic team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[3] He also played in several games in the U.S. team's tour of the Orient leading up to the Olympic games in Australia. Looby earned nine caps with the senior national team, scoring six goals. He earned his first cap and scored his first goal for the U.S. in a 1954 World Cup qualifier against Mexico. He played his last game with the national team in 1959.[4] In 1959, Looby was a member of the U.S. Pan American team which took the bronze medal. He scored six goals in that tournament.[5] Looby was also a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, a finalist for the 1952 US Olympic team, and an alternate for the 1964 Olympic team.
Looby was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1984 and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.[6]
References
- ^ "Bill Looby". Olympedia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1954". Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Looby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Panamerican Games 1959 (Chicago)
- ^ "St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
External links
- William Edward LOOBY at Olympics.com
- Bill Looby at Olympedia
- National Soccer Hall of Fame profile
- Bill Looby – FIFA competition record (archived)