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 A member of the U.S. World Cup team in Montevideo in 1930.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1986 |
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Born: January 20, 1907 - New York, NY |
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Died: 2004 - West Palm Beach, FL |
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Position:
Midfielder |
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Int'l
Caps: 1 |
Int'l
Goals: 0 |
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Attended Manhattan's High School of
Commerce and lettered in soccer, baseball and basketball and was dubbed
"Soccer's Lou Gehrig" after the school's most famous
alumnus. Slone later attended St.
John's University on Long Island where he earned a degree as a lawyer in
1929. Before that time he had
begun playing for New York Hakoah in the Eastern Soccer League the only
Americans on a team that contained many international stars from Austria
and Hungary. He later switched to New York Giants and then back to Hakoah
after the World Cup. He played
for the U.S. against Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in 1930 when the team was
on its way home in a game that ended in a 3-3 tie. Throughout the 1930s
he played for New York Brookhattan in the American Soccer League, but in
1935 was a guest player with New York Americans on their tour to Mexico. He also played for the ASL All-Stars
against Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1936. At the age of 95 in 2002, and living in West Palm Beach, Philip is
the lone survivor of the 1930 World Cup team.
U.S. National Team
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