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 Tom served in the United States Navy during World
War I and didn't make his mark in soccer until the mid-1920's.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1986 |
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Born:
September 6, 1897 - Harrison, NJ |
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Died: April 26, 1966 - North Providence, RI |
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Position:
Outside Left |
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Int'l
Caps: 8 |
Int'l
Goals: 2 |
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He broke into the American Soccer
League with Harrison in the 1921-22 season, where he was a team-mate of
Sam Fletcher, but returned to New Jersey amateur soccer for the 1922-23
and 1923-24 seasons with American A.A. of Harrison, who played in the
West Hudson Amateur League. When
Fletcher became manager of the new Providence franchise in 1924 he signed
Florie and who remained with the Clamdiggers until early in the 1928-29
season. At that point he was
transferred to the New Bedford where he played for the Whalers until 1932
winning a U.S. Open Cup winners medal in that season against St. Louis
Stix, Bear and Fuller. From 1924
until 1931 he scored 125 goals in the ASL. Later in his career he played for Pawtucket Rangers and was
on the losing side in the Open Cup final of 1935 against St. Louis
Central Breweries, before claiming a second winners medal in 1941 against
Detroit Chrysler at the age of 43. However, the outstanding
achievement of his career was made as
captain of the highly successful U.S. World Cup team in 1930 in
Montevideo, Uruguay. He was also
a member of the World Cup team in 1934.
U.S. National Team
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