Raphael Tracey
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Full name | Raphael Tracy | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | February 6, 1904 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth |
St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | March 6, 1975 | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||
Place of death |
St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Defender / Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1925 | St. Louis Vesper Buick | ? | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1926– | Ben Millers | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1930 | United States | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Raphael “Ralph” TracySt. Louis, Missouri. He also played in all three U.S. games at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Club career
Tracy was born and grew up in
Bethlehem Steel.Archived October 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
He scored six goals during the 1931–1932 season, tying for sixth in the league.
National team
Tracy earned three
caps with the U.S. national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. While the U.S. won the first two games, over Belgium and Paraguay by a 3–0 score in each game, they lost to Argentina
6–1 in the semifinals. Tracy broke his leg ten minutes into the game. He continued to play until half time.
Tracy was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1973[1] and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.[2]
Notes
- ^ Sometimes misspelled as Ralf Tracy or Tracey
References
- ^ St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame
- ^ "Raphael Tracey - 1986 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Raphael Tracey - 1986 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 19, 2023.