John Boulos
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Boulos | ||
Date of birth | June 7, 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | ||
Date of death | January 16, 2002 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Brooklyn, New York, United States | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
? | Segura | ||
1940–1949 | Brooklyn Hispano[1][2] | 29~ | (30) |
1949–1953 | New York Hakoah[1] | ||
1953– | Lithuania Sport | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John "Frenchy" Boulos (born June 7, 1921 in Haiti; died January 16, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York) was a Haitian soccer player, who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and German-American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Boulos is the grandfather of women's soccer player Kimberly Boulos.
Early years[]
Boulos was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a family of Lebanese descent, where he spent his youth before moving with his family to the United States by age nine. He attended school at Saint-Louis de Gonzague in Haiti before migrating to the United States in 1930[3] where his family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the Manual Training School where he won the New York City Championship and led the league in scoring and being selected as league MVP. In addition to his school team, Boulos also played for the Bay Ridge Hearts junior team.
Club career[]
At some point, Boulos played for Sequra in the Metropolitan League and then for Brooklyn Hispano in the American Soccer League. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was stationed in India. When he returned from the war, Boulos rejoined Hispano, playing with them until 1949. That year, he moved to New York Hakoah. In 1953, he moved to Lithuanian Sport in the German-American Soccer League, winning the GASL and New York State Cup titles in 1954.
Honors[]
Individual[]
- Inducted into the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1980[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Press (ed.). "John Boulos 1980 Inductee - Attacker". National Soccer Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Press (ed.). "John Boulos - Stats". SoccerStats.us. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Press, ed. (2011). "Eastern New York Hall of Fame 1997-2011" (PDF). Eastern New York State Soccer Association. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Litterer, David; Holroyd, Steve, eds. (31 January 2010). "The Year in American Soccer - 1980". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
External links[]
- "John Boulos at the National Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2008.
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- New York Hakoah players
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