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 Began playing at 17 with
Bayonne Rovers and then moved on to another Bayonne team, Babcock and
Wilcox.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1966 |
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Born:
1910 - Bayonne, NJ |
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Position:
Goalkeeper |
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But it was with the New
York Americans of the American Soccer League that he really made his name
as one of the greatest American goalkeepers of all time. He played for the Americans for 17
years, and was a member of the team that reached the U.S. Open Cup final
in 1933 only to lose to St. Louis Stix, Baer and Fuller. Four years later he was on the winning
side in the final as the Americans beat St. Louis Shamrocks. The club
also won the American Soccer League title in 1936. In 1939 he was in goal for the two
memorable games in which, first a team representing the Eastern United
States, and then the American Soccer League played a touring team
representing the Scottish Football Association. In fact Stan played against so many foreign touring teams
that he became known as 'Stan The International Man', yet oddly enough he
never played for the United States in a full international game. His other games against foreign
touring teams included 1935 for the Eastern U.S. vs. the Scottish F.A.,
1934 for the Metropolitan All Stars vs Kladno of Czechoslovakia, 1936 for
the American Soccer League against Maccabi Tel Aviv, 1937 for the
American Soccer League and a U.S. team against Charlton Athletic, 1940
for the New York Americans against Atlante of Mexico, 1940 for the
American Soccer League against Botafogo of Brazil and in the same year
for New York Americans against Puentes Grandes of Cuba. In 1935 he was a member of the New York Americans squad
that played six games in Mexico.
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