Charlie Altmose | |
Fullname: | Charles William Altemose, Jr. |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1913 |
Death Place: | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States |
Years1: | 1935– |
Years3: | –1947 |
Clubs3: | Philadelphia Nationals |
Nationalyears1: | 1936 |
Nationalteam1: | United States |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Charlie "Chili" Altemose[1] (June 3, 1913 - January 26, 1995, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He also played twelve seasons in the American Soccer League.
Altemose grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his father died in 1924.[3] In 1935, he joined the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League. In 1936, Altemose and his teammates won the 1936 National Challenge Cup.[4] He later played for Brooklyn Hispano and finished his career with the Philadelphia Nationals in 1947.[5] In 1936, he was selected for the U.S. team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Altemose and his teammates played one game, a 1–0 loss to Italy.[6]