Sol Eisner
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| Playing position | Forward | ||
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Sol Eisner is an American former soccer player. He played the forward position.[1] Eisner played in the American Soccer League, and on the United States men's national soccer team.
Biography
Eisner was born in Germany, and is Jewish.[1][2] He had four brothers who also played soccer.[3]
Eisner was a star with the New York Americans[3] most seasons from 1937 to 1951, during which time the team was in the American Soccer League.[4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1946-47 he scored 14 of the team's 38 goals for the season.[10] He played 60 games for the team in his career, started 58 of them, and scored 79 goals.[11]
By July 1942 he was in the US military[2] where he lost his left eye during army maneuvers.[3][12][13] He played for the American Soccer League All Stars in 1947, nearly scoring in a 2–0 loss to Hapoel at Yankee Stadium in front of more than 40,000 fans.[14][15]
He played an international game for the United States men's national soccer team, in 1948 against the Israel national football team, and played for the United States men's national soccer team in a tour of Israel in 1951.[13][16][17][18]
Eisner would later play for New York's Maccabi F.C. in the mid-1950s.[13][19]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Were Hosts to New York Americans". Bermuda Sports. May 29, 1951. p. 27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "10 Athletes in Service of U.S." The Detroit Jewish News. July 10, 1942. p. 13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harold U. Ribalow (1966). The Jew in American Sports (3rd Revised ed.). New York: Bloch Publishing Company. p. 335. OCLC 1035899989. Sol Eisner at the Internet Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ "Brooks, Amerks Play to 3-3 Tie". Daily News. New York. 6 June 1938. p. 40. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bert Patenaude, NY Americans vs Philly Passons, 1-2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1940. p. 24.
- ↑ "N.Y. Americans Beat Nationals". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 28, 1946. p. 21.
- ↑ "SOCCER AMERICANS GAIN 4-1 TRIUMPH; Beat Baltimore Americans in League Game--Eisner and Brown Aces of Attack". The New York Times. November 4, 1940. p. 27.
- ↑ "Sol Eisner". soccerstats.us. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
- ↑ "New York Americans Win First Game in Bermuda 7-3 Against West Rangers". The Royal Gazette. March 19, 1951. p. 9.
- ↑ "1946 New York Americans Division II and III soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". statscrew.com.
- ↑ "New York Americans All-time Stats". SoccerStats.us.
- ↑ Graham, Bill (December 2, 1943). "Sports Shorts - Soccer". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 14. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Sol Eisner of New York Americans is in a Tennessee hospital as a result of a bomb fragment striking the pupil of his left eye during army maneuvers
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Graham, Bill (13 January 1953). "Soccer". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Sol Eisner of the New York Americans, who lost an eye during army maneuvers and later overstayed the American League tour of Israel and got a leg injury when engaging in an exhibition game there, is now directing the activities of the Maccabi S.C. juniors
- ↑ "American Soccer League All-Stars 2 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv". soccerstats.us. May 4, 1947.
- ↑ Turkin, Hy. "Palestine's Hapoel trips AL Stars, 2–0, in Mud". Daily News. New York. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
A U.S. record total of 61,359 tickets were sold for the contest, with 53,177 attending
- ↑ "USMNT Results: 1885-1950". ussoccerhistory.org. August 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Sol Eisner". 11v11.com.
- ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1951". soccerhistoryusa.org.
- ↑ "Dover hosts Maccabees". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. 16 April 1955. p. 8.
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