Jimmy Douglas (American soccer)

Jimmy Douglas
Personal information
Full name James Edward Douglas
Date of birth (1898-01-12)January 12, 1898
Place of birth East Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death March 5, 1972(1972-03-05) (aged 74)
Place of death Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1907– Central Juniors
Ryerson
Antlers
Erie
Swanson
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1923 Harrison S.C. 14 (0)
1923–1925 Newark Skeeters 43 (0)
1925–1927 New York Giants 40 (0)
1927–1928 Fall River F.C. 29 (0)
1928 Philadelphia Field Club 12 (0)
1928–1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 3 (0)
1929 Fall River F.C. 10 (0)
1929–1930 New York Nationals 13 (0)
1930New York Giants 24 (0)
1931 New York Americans 7 (0)
Total 195 (0)
International career
1924–1930 United States 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's soccer
Representing  United States
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1930 Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy Douglas (January 12, 1898 – March 5, 1972) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent his career in the first American Soccer League (ASL). He earned nine caps with the U.S. national team, making his first appearance for the "Stars and Stripes" at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2] Notably, he finished his international career at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, where he posted the first "clean sheet" in World Cup history. Douglas was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1953.

  1. ^ "Jimmy Douglas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Douglas". Olympedia. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

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