Stanley Chesney (January 19, 1910 – January 1978) was an all around athlete best known as a U.S. soccergoalkeeper. He played in both the first and second American Soccer League and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1966.[1] Beyond soccer Stan was signed out of Bayonne High School by the legendary Branch Rickey to play baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals organization and played first base in the Three "I" League. Stan also led his semi-pro NJ basketball team in scoring and was a local handball champion.
According to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Chesney signed with the Bayonne Rovers when he was seventeen. At some point, he also played for Babcock & Wilcox. However, there are no records of these teams competing in the mid to late 1920s. At some point, he signed with the New York Americans of the first American Soccer League. He saw time in three games with the Americans during the fall 1931 ASL season.[2] Chesney had a remarkable 17-year career with the Americans. In 1933, they fell to Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C. in the final of the National Challenge Cup.[3] In 1937, they won the cup over St. Louis Shamrocks.[4] The Americans also won the 1936 ASL championship. At some point in the mid-1940s, Chesney may have retired as he came out of retirement in 1948 to rejoin the New York Americans[5]
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National Soccer Hall of Fame profile
Referencesedit
^"Stanley Chesney - 1966 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Stanley Chesney - 1966 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
^Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN0-8108-3429-4).
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