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NISOA Hall of
Fame - Class of 1973
Granny
played
soccer for 20 years for teams in the Baltimore area including
Polytechnic Institute, Maryland S.C., St. Gerard and Baltimore
Professional Soccer Club. However, it was as a referee that he made his name in
soccer graduating from handling local games to the American
Soccer League, the International Soccer League, the National
Professional Soccer League, the North American Soccer League
and then to international games. He was selected to represent the United States on the
FIFA list of referees in 1956 and from 1960 to 1966. During that time he refereed games such as Germany
vs.
Brazil, England vs. Scotland, Switzerland vs. England, Poland
vs.
Yugoslavia and England vs. the United States, among many
others. From 1943
to 1946 he was an Athletic Instructor in the U.S. Navy and
formed the first soccer team at Norfolk Air Station.
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