Lloyd Monsen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 7, 1931 | ||
| Place of birth |
Brooklyn, New York , U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) |
Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1947–1948 | Gjoa Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | Gjoa | ? | (18) |
| 1949–1952 | New York Americans | ||
| 1952–1953 | Hoechst S.C. | ||
| 1953–1956 | New York Americans | ||
| 1956– |
New York Hakoah-Americans | ||
| Brooklyn German-Hungarians | |||
| Swedish F.C. | |||
| International career | |||
| 1952–1957 | United States | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lloyd Monsen (born May 7, 1931) is a retired American
Soccer
Youth
Monsen was born in
Club career
Monsen’s success with Gjoa led to his signing with the
National and Olympic teams
His first game with the senior team came in a 6-0 loss to Scotland on April 30, 1952. He did not play again until a 3-2 loss to Iceland on August 25, 1955. His last game was a 7-2 loss to Mexico in an April 28, 1957 World Cup qualifier.[2] Monsen was selected for the U.S. soccer team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. At that tournament, the U.S. lost 8-0 to Italy in the first round.[3] He was again selected to the U.S. team at the 1956 Summer Olympics. This time, Yugoslavia defeated the U.S., 9-1, in the first round.[4]
Monsen was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 1997.[5][6]
Baseball
In 1952, Monsen was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the Helsinki Olympics. The team was eliminated in its first game, an 8-0 loss to Italy. The Finnish Olympic Committee put on a demonstration of a local version of baseball then asked the Americans to provide a team to play the locals. The U.S. team asked Walter Giesler, the coach of the U.S. soccer team, to organize a U.S. team. As his soccer players had nothing else to do, they formed the bulk of the U.S. baseball team. This team, with Lloyd Monsen as a pitcher, defeated a Venezuelan team, 14-6, on July 29. On August 5, the U.S. defeated the Finnish team, 19-1, at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.[7]
References
- ^ "Lloyd Monsen". Olympedia. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ XV. Olympiad Helsinki 1952 Football Tournament
- ^ XVI. Olympiad Melbourne 1956 Football Tournament
- ^ "Lloyd Monsen - 1994 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Lloyd Monsen - 1994 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ "ENY Hall of Fame - About | ENY Soccer". www.enysoccer.com. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Lloyd Monsen: left wing and pitcher at the 1952 Olympics