Andy Auld
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| Full name | Andrew Auld | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 26, 1900 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stevenston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Date of death | December 6, 1977 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Johnston, Rhode Island, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Wing Half | ||||||||||||||
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| 1911–1913 | Stevenston F.C. | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1919–1921 | Ardeer Thistle | ||||||||||||||
| 1921–1923 | Parkhead | ||||||||||||||
| 1924–1928 | Providence Clamdiggers | 159 | (20) | ||||||||||||
| 1928–1930 | → Providence Gold Bugs | 118 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| Spring 1931 | → Fall River F.C. | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 1931–1933 | Pawtucket Rangers | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1935 | Newark Portuguese | ||||||||||||||
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| 1926–1930 | United States | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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Andrew "Andy" Auld (January 26, 1900 in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland – December 6, 1977 in Johnston, Rhode Island) was a Scottish American soccer player who spent most of his professional career in the American Soccer League as a midfielder and forward. He earned five caps with the United States national team, three coming in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.
Auld began his organized soccer career with Scottish club Stevenston F.C. in 1911, when he was eleven years old. He stayed with the club until he entered the military. His service continued through World War I and Auld was not discharged until 1919. When he left the military, he joined Ardeer Thistle in 1919. He remained with the club for three years, until he moved to Glasgow club Parkhead F.C. in 1921. In 1923, he immigrated to the United States to live in Gillespie, Illinois. Life in the U.S. did not suit Auld and he decided to return to Scotland; however, he stopped en route to visit his sister who lived in Niagara Falls, New York. While there, he played a game of pick-up soccer. During the game, a scout for the Providence Clam Diggers of the American Soccer League (ASL) saw him and after the game convinced Auld to sign with the Diggers. At the time, the ASL was one of the highest paying and most competitive soccer leagues in the world. Team owners used these qualities to draw many of the top European, especially English and Scottish, players to the U.S.
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