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Daily Express 30 May 1959: Vic Ottobini (San Francisco Vikings), Doug Farquhar (Hakoah, New York), Ben Cinowitz (Hakoah, New York), Adolph Bacheler (Chicago Kickers), Bert Evans (San Pedro Canvasbacks), Joe [!] Traina (St Louis Kutis), Ed (Eddie in text) Murphy (Chicago Slovaks), Fred Cameron (San Pedro Canvasbacks), Willie Carson (Los Angeles Kickers), Bill Looby (St Louis Kutis), Al Zerhusen (Los Angeles Kickers).
Match programme (scroll a long way down for Cameron): Match prog (a real find, and a late one: 2009), signed by the USA players over their photos: Victor Ottoboni - San Francisco Vikings. Young, tall and strong. Selected on the 1960 Olympic Team. Bank clerk. Douglas Farqhuar [sic !]. New York Hakoah. Age 28 [!!], before settling in this country, was member of the London Arsenal team. Plumbing business. Ben Cinovitz - New York Hakoah. Before coming to America played for Israel National Team [!]. Aggressive player of 25 age. Student at New York University. Jacob Ruscheinski - Chicago Kickers. 23 years of age. On 1960 U.S. Olympic Team. Young promising player. Played for Schweben Chgo. [sic] before joining Kickers. Adolf Bachmeier - Chicago Kickers. Youngest member of the squad. 21 years of age. 5 foot 5, 135 lbs. Has great future. Bert Evans - McIlwaine Canvasbacks, San Pedro. 33. Before settling in USA, played Pro soccer in England. Electro Mechanics Inspector. John Traina - Kutis St. Louis. American born, age 27. Played for Simpkins, St. Louis before joining Kutis. On U.S. World Cup Team, 1958. Selected for 1960 Olympic Team. Negative Engraver. Eddie Evans - McIlwaine Canvasbacks, San Pedro. Born in Wales. 32 years of age. Settled in San Pedro, having his own Painting business. Edward Murphy - Chicago Slovaks. 6ft. 1. 180 lbs. forward, who has played for the past few years on every U.S. Olympic and Worlds Cup Team. Fred Cameron - McIlwaine Canvasbacks, San Pedro, age 25, sturdy all-round player; played in Scotland before making USA. his home. Carpenter. Willy Carson - Kickers Los Angeles [sic, not Los Angeles Kickers]. 29. Born in Scotland, came to USA. to make his home here through Canada, where he played. Machinist. Played prominently for the Danish Americans before joining the Kickers. Albert Zerhusen - Kickers Los Angeles. 26. Played in the US Army in Germany. Member of the 1956 Olympic Team and is again selected for the 1960 Olympic Team. Cabinet maker. Rolf Ganger - Los Angeles Kickers [! yes, not Kickers Los Angeles]. Swedish born. Age 27. Tool and Die Maker. On 1960 US Olympic squad.'
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editMost of the refs in this article are to the National Soccer Hall of Fame website and are now dead links. The Hall of Fame has closed and its website is gone. US Soccer has a page on the Hall of Fame [1] but it does not seem to include the old articles. Perhpas they can be found at the American Soccer History Archives or on the WayBack Machine. Meters (talk) 18:16, 24 October 2012 (UTC)