Robert "Bob" Rooney was a U.S. soccer center forward who spent his playing career in the St. Louis leagues. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1957.
Personal
editRooney grew up in the Dogtown area of St. Louis, attending St. James Grade School and St. Louis University High School. As a youth, he played both football and baseball in addition to soccer spending five seasons with a St. Louis Cardinals farm team. Even while playing in the local St. Louis soccer leagues, Rooney earned a living as a St. Louis policeman.[1]
Club career
editRooney played for the St. James the Greater Grade School boys' soccer team in the CYC league in 1945.[2] and for St. Louis Kutis S.C. during the mid-1950s when they were a dominant U.S. team. Kutis won the 1957 National Amateur Cup and National Challenge Cup.[3] He was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1984.[4]
National team
editAfter Kutis won the 1957 National Cup, the US Football Association decided to call up the entire team to represent the U.S. in two World Cup qualification games. As a result, Rooney earned two caps with the U.S. national team, both losses to Canada. The first was a 5–1 loss on June 22, 1957. The second game was a July 6 loss to Canada.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Sport: Just for the Kicks". Time. January 27, 1958.
- ^ http://www.websterfl.edu/~corbetre/dogtown/history/wwii-news-1.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History of Soccer in St. Louis". Archived from the original on 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "St. Louis Soccer HOF: Hall of Fame Members". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
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