Bob Kehoe

Bob Kehoe
Personal information
Date of birth	1928
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of death	September 4, 2017 (aged 89)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	St. Louis Kutis
1968	St. Louis Stars
International career
1965	United States
Managerial career
1969–1970	St. Louis Stars
1972	United States
1973–1983	Granite City North High School
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert V. Kehoe

North American Soccer League. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame

in 1989.

Club career

Kehoe grew up in St. Louis and graduated from

North American Soccer League

(NASL)

International career

Kehoe earned his four

caps as captain of the U.S. national team during 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifying in 1965. His first game with the national team came in a 2–2 tie with Mexico on March 7, 1965. Kehoe and his teammates then lost to Mexico five days later, defeated Honduras on March 17 and tied them four days later. With a 1–1–2 record, the U.S. failed to qualify for the finals.^[4]

Coaching career

In 1969, Kehoe moved from player to coach with the St. Louis Stars. He became the first U.S.-born coach in the NASL in the 1969 and 1970 season. During his two seasons as head coach, he used rosters of predominantly U.S. born players, unlike most other coaches in the NASL.

In 1972, the

U.S. Soccer Federation hired Kehoe as coach of the U.S. national team

.

In 1973, he became the head coach of Granite City North High School where he joined former teammate Ruben Mendoza as a developer of local youth players. He remained with the school until 1983. That year, he became the head coach of the Bud Light women's over-30 team. The Bud team went to the women's over 30 national championship game every year from 1983 to 1988. During those years, Kehoe also served as the Director of Coaching for the Busch Soccer Club.

Broadcasting career

In addition to coaching the Bud Women's team and acting as the Director of Coaching for the Busch Soccer Club, Kehoe was a radio and TV commentator for the

Major Indoor Soccer League

from 1983 to 1988.

Honors

Kehoe was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame on October 26, 1983, the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1989 and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1989.

References

^ Pete Hayes (September 5, 2017). "'THESE ARE MY BOYS' Soccer icon Bob Kehoe's legacy is his players". The Telegraph. Alton, Illinois.
^ "Robert V. Kehoe's Obituary on St. Louis Post-Dispatch". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
^ Lyons, Joe (September 6, 2017). "St. Louis soccer legend Bob Kehoe dies at 89".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[1] Pete Hayes (September 5, 2017). "'THESE ARE MY BOYS' Soccer icon Bob Kehoe's legacy is his players". The Telegraph. Alton, Illinois.

[2] "Robert V. Kehoe's Obituary on St. Louis Post-Dispatch". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

[3] Lyons, Joe (September 6, 2017). "St. Louis soccer legend Bob Kehoe dies at 89".

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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