Bob Burkard Explained

Bob Burkard
Fullname:Robert Leland Burkard
Birth Date:23 March 1922
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Clubs1:St. Louis Kutis
Nationalyears1:1952–1957
Nationalteam1:United States
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

Bob Burkard (March 23, 1922 – May 13, 1992)[1] was an American soccer goalkeeper who earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1957. He was also the United States goalkeeper at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

Burkard was selected to the United States Olympic team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The United States lost its first game, 8–0, to Italy, eliminated the U.S. from the games.[3] He earned one cap with the United States national team in a July 6, 1957 loss to Canada in a World Cup qualification game.[4]

At the time of the Olympics he played for St. Louis Kutis S.C. and was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J5WD-MJH Bob Burkard's SSDI profile
  2. Web site: Bob Burkard . Olympedia . November 13, 2021.
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1952f-det.html Football Tournament 1952 Olympiad
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969
  5. Web site: St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame . November 15, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809014038/http://www.eteamz.com/stlsoccerhalloffame/news/index.cfm?cat=466590 . August 9, 2011 . dead .