Manny Schellscheidt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manfred Schellscheidt | ||
| Date of birth | January 17, 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Sollingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964 | Elizabeth S.C. | ||
| Union Solingen | |||
| SC Fortuna Köln | |||
| –1972 | Elizabeth S.C. | ||
| 1973 | Philadelphia Atoms | 14 | (1) |
| 1974 | Rhode Island Oceaneers | ||
| 1975–1976 | Hartford Bicentennials | 34 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1974 | Rhode Island Oceaneers | ||
| 1975 | United States | ||
| 1975–1976 | Hartford Bicentennials | ||
| 1977–1979 | New Jersey Americans | ||
| 1984 | U.S. Olympic | ||
| 1987 | Princeton Tigers (assistant) | ||
| 1988–2011 | Seton Hall Pirates | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Manfred "Manny" Schellscheidt (born January 17, 1941) is a German-American soccer coach and former player. Born in Solingen in the Prussian Rhine Province, he emigrated to the United States in the 1970s. He spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and one in the American Soccer League. He won two National Challenge Cup and one American Soccer League title as a player as well as two professional championships as a coach. Schellscheidt is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
In 1964, Schellscheidt was visiting his aunt in New York when he was recruited by the coach of Elizabeth S.C. He played a handful of games before returning to Germany. After graduating from the German Sport University Cologne (Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln) in Cologne, Germany, in 1967, he played professionally for Union Solingen and SC Fortuna Köln before moving to the United States. When he arrived in the United States, he immediately rejoined Elizabeth S.C. of the German American Soccer League. He was a member of the team when it won both the 1970 and 1972 National Challenge Cups. In 1973, he signed with the Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Atoms won the NASL title that year. In 1974, he became a player-coach with the Rhode Island Oceaneers in the American Soccer League. He took the team to the ASL championship and was named the 1974 ASL Coach of the Year. He returned to the NASL the next season with the Hartford Bicentennials.
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