Walter "Casey" Bahr (born September 20, 1948) is a U.S. soccer defender who played one season in the North American Soccer League and one in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He now coaches at Sussex Academy High School.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Elliot Bahr Jr. | ||
| Date of birth | September 20, 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1969 | Navy | ||
| Philadelphia United German-Hungarians | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973 | Philadelphia Atoms | ||
| 1978–1979 | Philadelphia Fever (indoor) | ||
| Philadelphia United German-Hungarians | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
College
editBahr, the son of National Soccer Hall of Fame member Walter Bahr, attended the United States Naval Academy, playing soccer for the midshipmen. He was a 1968 and 1969 honorable mention (third team) All America. He graduated from Annapolis in 1970 and served three years in the U.S. Navy.
Professional
editIn 1973, Al Miller, head coach of the expansion Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League signed Bahr. According to some sources, Bahr played only three games[1] others say seventeen.[2] In 1978, he signed with the expansion Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He played nine games with the Fever.[3]
Olympic team
editA resident of Toms River, New Jersey serving with the Navy's Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron, Bahr was part of the U.S. team that defeated the Jamaica national team to make it to the Olympics for the first time since the 1956 games.[4] Bahr played three games for the 1972 U.S. Olympic soccer team in Munich.[5]
References
edit- ^ NASL statistics
- ^ The Philadelphia Atoms Register Archived November 29, 2002, at archive.today
- ^ Philadelphia Fever statistics
- ^ Fremon, Suzanne S. "State Has 13 on Olympic Team", The New York Times, August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Casey Bahr of Toms River, a lieutenant, j.g., in the United States Navy with the Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron, is a member of the United States Olympic soccer team. This team won its slot in the Olympic Games recently by defeating the Jamaica national team. This is the first American soccer team to play in the Olympics since 1956."
- ^ FIFA Olympic Records