George Moorhouse
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| Full name | George Moorhouse | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 4, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||
| Date of death | October 12, 1943 (aged 42) | ||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Long Beach, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1921–1923 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Montreal CPR | ||||||||||||||
| 1923 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1923–1930 | New York Giants | 203 | (32) | ||||||||||||
| 1930 | → New York Soccer Club | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | → New York Yankees | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 1931–1937 | New York Americans | ||||||||||||||
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| 1926–1934 | United States | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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George Moorhouse (April 4, 1901 in Liverpool, England – October 12, 1943 in Long Beach, New York) was the first native of England to appear in a FIFA World Cup (albeit as a member of the U.S. team rather than for England). He spent most of his playing career in the United States and earned seven caps with the U.S. national team. He was a member of the U.S. teams at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and 1934 FIFA World Cup. Moorhouse was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.
A native of England, Moorhouse served in the British Merchant Marine during the First World War. After the war, he decided to try his luck in soccer. Predominantly left sided, Moorhouse had an unsuccessful trial with Leeds United. However, he did play two first team matches (December 26, 1921 versus Ashington and January 28, 1922 versus Accrington Stanley) whilst with Tranmere Rovers in the old Third Division North during the 1921-22 season. He then played with the Rovers' reserve team in the Cheshire League.
In 1923 he emigrated to Canada, eventually gaining a position with the Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway team. He spent only a few months with Montreal before transferring to the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League (ASL). He played in only three games before moving to New York Giants where he remained for the next seven seasons, scoring 45 goals in over 250 games. In 1928, the Giants were expelled from the ASL during the "Soccer War" and Moorhouse remained with them during their season and a half in the Eastern Professional Soccer League. In 1929, Moorhouse and the Giants returned to the ASL. In the summer of 1930, the Giants were sold to new ownership which renamed the team the New York Soccer Club. Then in 1931, the team merged with the Fall River Marksmen to become the New York Yankees for the 1931 spring season. In the fall of 1931, Moorhouse moved to the New York Americans. In 1933, the first ASL collapsed, to be replaced by a new league, also known as the American Soccer League. The Americans joined the new league and Moorehouse played with them until 1937 leading that side to two National Challenge Cup titles.
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