Charles Altemose
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles William Altemose, Jr. | ||
Date of birth | June 3, 1913 | ||
Date of death | January 26, 1995 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935– | Philadelphia German-Americans | ||
Brooklyn Hispano | |||
–1947 | Philadelphia Nationals | ||
International career | |||
1936 | United States | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charlie "Chili" Altemose[1] (June 3, 1913 – January 26, 1995, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He also played twelve seasons in the American Soccer League.
Altemose grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his father died in 1924.[3] In 1935, he joined the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League. In 1936, Altemose and his teammates won the 1936 National Challenge Cup.[4] He later played for Brooklyn Hispano and finished his career with the Philadelphia Nationals in 1947.[5] In 1936, he was selected for the U.S. team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Altemose and his teammates played one game, a 1–0 loss to Italy.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
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- ^ Bethlehem Steel Memorial
- ^ USA - List of US Open Cup Finals
- ^ The Year in American Soccer – 1945
- ^ FIFA Player Profile
External links
[edit]- Charles Altemose at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1995 deaths
- American men's soccer players
- Brooklyn Hispano players
- Olympic soccer players for the United States
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- Uhrik Truckers players
- Philadelphia Nationals players
- Soccer players from Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Men's association football midfielders
- United States men's international soccer players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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