Dick Spalding
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Harry Spalding | ||
| Date of birth | October 13, 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Philadelphia, United States | ||
| Date of death | February 3, 1950 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Philadelphia, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Northeast Manual Training School | |||
| – | Lighthouse Boys Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912 | Philadelphia | ||
| 1915–1916 | Disston A.A. | ||
| 1916–1917 | Bethlehem Steel F.C. | ||
| 1919–1921 | Philadelphia Merchant Ship | ||
| 1921–1922 | Harrison Soccer Club | 12 | (0) |
| 1924–1925 | Fleisher Yarn | 14 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1916 | United States | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Dick Spalding | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 18, 1927, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 12, 1928, for the Washington Senators | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .299 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 25 | ||
| Teams | |||
Charles Harry "Dick" (or "C.H.") Spalding (October 13, 1893 – February 3, 1950) was an American soccer and baseball player. He played the first two games in the history of the U.S. national soccer team, as well as professional soccer for nearly fifteen years, primarily with teams in Pennsylvania. Spalding also spent two seasons in Major League baseball and was later a first base coach. The lifelong resident of Philadelphia, was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951.
Spalding attended the Northeast Manual Training School in Philadelphia, where he was a multi-sport athlete. He then went on to play soccer with the Lighthouse Boys Club as well as several other local Philadelphia clubs. In 1916, when called into the U.S. national team, he was with the Disston A.A. In the fall of 1916, he signed with Bethlehem Steel F.C. of the National Association Football League (NAFBL). However, he injured his knee and did not play consistently until January 1917. In November 1919, he signed with Philadelphia Merchant Ship of the NAFBL. In 1921, he joined the Harrison Soccer Club of the American Soccer League (ASL). He then spent the 1924–1925 ASL season with Fleisher Yarn.
In 1916, the United States Football Association (USFA) recruited a team, called the All-American Soccer Football Team, to represent the U.S. on a tour of Scandinavian countries. At the time, these countries and the U.S. were all neutral during the ongoing World War I. During the six game tour, the U.S. played two recognized international games, one on August 21, 1916 against Sweden and another on September 3, 1916 against Norway. There are disagreements about who scored the first national team goals. While the National Soccer Hall of Fame lists Spalding, other sources state that Thomas Swords scored an unassisted goal against Sweden.[1] After this tour, Spalding never played for the U.S. again.
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