Bob Craddock | |
Fullname: | Robert W. Craddock |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1923 |
Birth Place: | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
Death Place: | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Castle Shannon |
Clubs2: | Harmarville Hurricanes |
Nationalyears1: | 1954 |
Nationalteam1: | United States |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Robert "Bob" W. Craddock (September 5, 1923 – March 28, 2003) was an American soccer player who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He earned one cap in 1954.
Craddock spent his playing career in Pennsylvania with two teams, Castle Shannon and Harmarville. He was with Harmarville when selected for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Harmarville lost both the 1950 and 1952 National Amateur Cuphttp://www.sover.net/~spectrum/natamateur.html and the 1954 and 1956 National Challenge Cups.
While Craddock was selected to the U.S. roster for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, he earned his only cap with the national team in a 3–0 win over Haiti on April 4, 1954.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html
Craddock was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1997.[1] His father Robert B. Craddock is also a member of the Hall of Fame.