Larry Surock Explained

Larry Surock
Fullname:Lawrence Carmen Surock
Birth Date:9 November 1930
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death Place:Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Position:Forward
Collegeyears1:1952–1953
College1:University of Baltimore
Years1:1954–1957
Years2:1958–
Clubs2:Pompei S.C.
Nationalyears1:1952
Nationalteam1:United States
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Lawrence Carmen Surock (November 9, 1930  - September 26, 2007) was an American soccer player who was a member of the United States 1952 Olympic Soccer Team.[1]

Surock graduated from Patterson High School where he was a four-time All Metro soccer player. In 1949, he was a member of the New York Giants baseball farm team in 1949. Surock attended the University of Baltimore where he was a 1952 All American. That year, he was called into the U.S. Olympic team for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.[2] In 1954, Surock turned professional with the Baltimore Rockets of the American Soccer League. He continued to attend night school to complete his degree and also served in the Korean War. In 1957, the Rockets were renamed Baltimore Pompeii. In 1958, Pompeii lost in overtime to the Los Angeles Kickers in the championship game of the 1958 National Challenge Cup. In 1960, Pompeii withdrew from the ASL and continued as an amateur club.

In 1991, Surock was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame.[3] In 2004, he was made a member of the University of Baltimore Athletic Hall of Fame.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Larry Surock . Olympedia . November 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: Litterer . Dave . The Year in American Soccer – 1952 . March 24, 2005 . January 17, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116235333/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1952.html . January 16, 2008 . dead.
  3. Web site: Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame . Old Timers Soccer Association of Maryland . January 17, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080922072707/http://www.marylandsoccer.com/oldtimers/hall.htm . September 22, 2008.
  4. News: Kercheval . Nancy . U of Baltimore remembers its athletes, coaches who excelled . The Baltimore Daily Record . April 30, 2004 . January 17, 2008.