John Boulos Explained

John Boulos
Birth Date:7 June 1921
Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Death Place:Brooklyn, New York, United States
Position:Forward
Years1:?
Years2:1940–1949
Years3:1949–1953
Years4:1953–
Clubs1:Segura
Clubs2:Brooklyn Hispano[1] [2]
Clubs3:New York Hakoah
Clubs4:Lithuania Sport
Caps2:29~
Goals2:30

John "Frenchy" Boulos (June 7, 1921 – January 16, 2002) was a Haitian soccer player, who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and German-American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Boulos is the grandfather of women's soccer player Kimberly Boulos.

Early years

Boulos was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a family of Lebanese descent. He attended school at Saint-Louis de Gonzague in Haiti before migrating to the United States in 1930 at age nine,[3] where his family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the Manual Training School where he won the New York City Championship and led the league in scoring, as well as being selected as league MVP. In addition to his school team, Boulos also played for the Bay Ridge Hearts junior team.

Club career

At some point, Boulos played for Sequra in the Metropolitan League and then for Brooklyn Hispano in the American Soccer League. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was stationed in India. When he returned from the war, Boulos rejoined Hispano, playing with them until 1949. That year, he moved to New York Hakoah. In 1953, he moved to Lithuanian Sport in the German-American Soccer League, winning the GASL and New York State Cup titles in 1954.

Honors

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Boulos 1980 Inductee - Attacker. Press. National Soccer Hall of Fame. 25 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190725115025/https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/players/john-boulos.html. 25 July 2019. live.
  2. Web site: John Boulos - Stats. Press. SoccerStats.us. 25 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190725121303/http://soccerstats.us/bios/john-boulos/. 25 July 2019. live.
  3. Web site: Eastern New York Hall of Fame 1997-2011. Press. 2011. 5. Eastern New York State Soccer Association. 23 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190204211317/http://www.lisfl.org/docs/2011%20ENYSHOF.pdf. 4 February 2019. live.
  4. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1980. Litterer, David. Holroyd, Steve. 31 January 2010. The American Soccer History Archives. 22 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223163955/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1980.html. 23 December 2018. dead.