Harry J. Keough

Harry worked for the U.S. Post office for many years and following his retirement as a player coached the St. Louis University team in college soccer with great success.

A member of the United States World Cup team in Brazil in 1950 known for defeating England 1-0, he made a total of 17 full international appearances for his country. He also played in the Olympic Games of 1952 in Finland and 1956 in Australia. He won U.S. Open Cup medals with St. Louis Kutis in 1954 and 1957 and U.S. Amateur Cup medals with St. Louis Raiders in 1952 plus six more with Kutis in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961. His outstanding career really began in 1945 when he was a member of the St. Louis Schumachers team that won the U.S. Junior Cup. Shortly after that he found himself in the Navy playing for the San Francisco Barbarians and soon thereafter on a destroyer operating out of San Diego Bay. In 1949 he was selected to represent the U.S. in the qualifying competition for the 1950 World Cup held in Mexico City, and played against Cuba twice and Mexico once as the U.S. qualified. At the time that he made the National Team he was playing for the St. Louis McMahon Club Team. In 1950, as a member of the National team, he played in all three games in Brazil and was the captain of the team in the game against Spain. Harry also played for the U.S. in World Cup qualifying in 1954 and 1957. Once his playing career was over he turned to coaching the St. Louis University Billikens winning five NCAA Division I national titles along the way. Unusual for college soccer a coach without a college degree he compiled a 213-50-23 record and in 1996 was inducted into the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame.

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