Johnny Reder
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| Full name | John Anthony Reder | ||
| Date of birth | September 24, 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Lublin, Poland | ||
| Date of death | April 12, 1990 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Fall River, Massachusetts | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1928 | Champion Niagara | ||
| 1928–1929 | Walsh Chevrolet | ||
| 1929–1931 | Fall River Marksmen | 61 | (0) |
| 1931 | → New York Yankees | 17 | (0) |
| 1931 | → New Bedford Whalers | 18 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Johnny Reder | |
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| First baseman / Pitcher | |
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Born: September 24, 1909 Lublin, Poland |
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Died: April 12, 1990 (aged 80) Fall River, Massachusetts |
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| 1932, for the Boston Red Sox |
John Anthony Reder (born Lublin, Poland, September 24, 1909; died Fall River, Massachusetts, April 12, 1990) is a former Polish American sportsman who during the 1930s played soccer with the Fall River Marksmen and the New Bedford Whalers and baseball for the Boston Red Sox. As a soccer goalkeeper he won three American Soccer League titles and two National Challenge Cup titles. In 1935, while playing baseball for the Williamsport Grays, he was voted Most Valuable Player of the New York–Penn League. Together with Moe Drabowsky, Nap Kloza and Henry Peploski, Reder is one of only four Major League Baseball players to be born in Poland.
Born in Lublin, Poland, Reder emigrated to the United States with his family as a youth and settled in Fall River, Massachusetts. Reder initially played as a goalkeeper for several local Fall River amateur teams, including Champion Niagara and Walsh Chevrolet. He helped the latter team reach the quarter-finals of the 1929 National Challenge Cup where they eventually lost 5–1 to Bethlehem Steel. Despite letting in five goals, Reder was noted for his performance.
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