| Ralph Carrafi | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ralph Carrafi | |
| Date of birth | January 19, 1901 | |
| Place of birth | Dunlevy, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Date of death | January 1, 1978 (aged 76) | |
| Place of death | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1915-1917 1919-1921 1921-1922 1926-1929 1929-1934 |
Vestaburg Fall River Rovers Fall River United Hungarian Americans Bruell Insurance |
6 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1935-1938 | Bartunek Clothes | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ralph Caraffi (born January 19, 1901 in Dunlevy, Pennsylvania; died January, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio) was a U. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Dunlevy is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state S. soccer midfielder. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. He played on season in the professional American Soccer League. The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional Soccer leagues in the United States. The remainder of his nineteen year career was with semi-professional and amateur leagues. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
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Playing
In 1915, Caraffi, who was fifteen at the time, began playing with the semi-professional Vestaburg which competed in an obscure Pennsylvania league. The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum is a Hall of fame in Oneonta New York which honors the achievements of Soccer in the United States Vestaburg SC was an amateur US Soccer team which existed during the early twentieth century He left Vestaburg in 1917 after which there is a two year gap in the record of his career. However, the U. S. involvement in World War I caused the suspension of several leagues due to the loss of players to military service. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Caraffi’s National Soccer Hall of Fame profile notes that he played for the U. The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum is a Hall of fame in Oneonta New York which honors the achievements of Soccer in the United States S. Army team in Europe and this may account for those missing two years. In 1919, Caraffi signed with the Fall River Rovers of the semi-professional Southern New England Soccer League. Fall River Rovers were a United States soccer club based in Fall River Massachusetts. The Southern New England Soccer League was a semi-professional U He spent two seasons with the Rovers until the team and the league folded in 1921. That occurred in response to the establishment of the American Soccer League which was formed by several of the top SNESL and National Association Football League teams. The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional Soccer leagues in the United States. The National Association Football League (also spelled National Association Foot Ball League) (NAFBL was a semi-professional U The Rovers were disbanded and a new, fully professional, team, Fall River United was formed and entered the ASL. Fall River United was a name used by two United States soccer clubs based in Fall River Massachusetts. Caraffi moved to Fall River United, playing six games that season. [1] There is another between 1922 and 1926 when he is on record as playing for the semi-professional American Hungarians of an unknown league in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state In 1929, Caraffi joined Cleveland Bruell Insurance in the newly established Midwest Professional Soccer League. Cleveland Bruell Insurance, also known as Bruell FC, Cleveland Bruells, Bruell American Hungarians and the Cleveland Bruell Hungarian-Americans [2] In 1930, Bruell Insurance went to the final of the National Challenge Cup before falling to the Fall River Marksmen. The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF affiliated teams from amateur adult club teams all the Fall River Marksmen were a United States soccer club based in Fall River Massachusetts. [3]
Post playing career
After retiring from playing in 1934, Caraffi became a youth soccer coach with Bartunek Clothes for three years. He was also a referee from 1954 to 1957.
Caraffi was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1959 and the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum is a Hall of fame in Oneonta New York which honors the achievements of Soccer in the United States
External links
References
- ^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback), The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
- ^ Hatfield, Thomas History of Soccer in Cleveland
- ^ U.S. Open Cup at RSSSF
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