Brookhattan Explained

Brookhattan should not be confused with Brookhaven, New York.

Clubname:Brookhattan
Fullname:Brookhattan
Founded:1933
Dissolved:1962

Brookhattan was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the professional American Soccer League (ASL) from 1933 to 1962.[1] The name is a blend of the names of Manhattan and Brooklyn where it played.[2] It later changed its name to Brookhattan–Galicia (1948,[3] though informally often Brookhattan thereafter[4]), Galicia (1958), and Galicia–Honduras (1961) after Galicia in Spain and Honduras.[5]

Formed as New York Brookhattan in 1933,[5] it joined the first ASL and was leading the spring 1933 half-season when the league collapsed.[6] It then joined the new ASL as Brookhattan in late 1933.[7] In 1942 it won the Lewis Cup,[8] and in 1945 the ASL, National Challenge Cup and Lewis Cup.[9]

In 1947, coffee importer Eugene Diaz, owner of New York Galicia, bought the Brookhattan team, withdrew Galicia from the National Soccer League of New York and transferred its players to Brookhattan.[10] [11] [12] The merged team, renamed Brookhattan–Galicia, reached the final of the 1948 National Challenge Cup.[3]

During the 1948-49 season, Brookhattan's Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring.[13] In the 1949-50 season, Joe Gaetjens was the top scorer in the ASL.[14] Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring in 1952-53 and was also the ASL MVP. Brookhattan finished runner-up in the ASL in 1954.[15]

In 1961 Galicia merged with Honduras, a non-ASL team, to form Galicia–Honduras.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Brucato 2001 p. 144
  2. Brucato 2001 pp. 17, 214, 245
  3. Soccer Champs: Simpkins (Ford) Team Wins U.S. Title . Automotive News . 22 November 1948 . 24 . 3160 . 25 . Crain Communications . English.
  4. News: Briordy . William J. . Hakoah Defeats Brookhattan in Soccer Final Before 6,121 Fans at Garden . 19 March 2024 . The New York Times . 13 November 1958 . 46.
  5. Brucato 2001 p. 38
  6. Book: Jose, Colin. The American Soccer League: The Golden Years of American Soccer 1921–1931. Scarecrow Press. 1988. 313.
  7. Brucato 2001 pp. 38, 142, 144
  8. Web site: Brookhattan. SoccerStats.us. 26 December 2012.
  9. Web site: The American Soccer League. The Year in American Soccer - 1945. 21 November 2020. Dave Litterer. 31 March 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510011107/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1945.html. May 10, 2013. dead.
  10. Web site: The Year in American Soccer History - 1948 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315082942/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1948.html . March 15, 2016 .
  11. News: Graham . Bill . American Loop May Withdraw Soccer Protest . 19 March 2024 . . . 15 October 1947 . 18.
  12. News: Graham . Bill . Wanderer Club Again Wiped Off Soccer Books . 19 March 2024 . . . 6 October 1948 . 20.
  13. Web site: ASL II Leading Scorers, 1933-1983 . April 26, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171211233825/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/aslscorers.html . December 11, 2017 . dead .
  14. Web site: Chasing Gaetjens. 26 February 2010. ESPN Deportes. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216175226/http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/story?storyId=4937012&wjb=&pg=0&lang=ES. February 16, 2015. mdy-all.
  15. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1954 . April 26, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150726055231/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1954.html#ASL . July 26, 2015 . dead .
  16. Brucato 2001 p. 230

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