Tommy Duggan Explained

Tommy Duggan
Fullname:Thomas Duggan
Birth Date:1897 8, df=y
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Death Place:Kearny, New Jersey, USA
Position:Outside Right
Years2:1916
Years3:1918
Years5:1921–1922
Years6:1922–1923
Years7:1923–1924
Years8:1924–1925
Years9:1925–1926
Years10:1926–1927
Years11:1927
Years12:1927–1928
Years13:1929–1930
Clubs1:Valley Boys
Clubs14:Newark Portuguese
Caps5:24
Caps6:19
Caps7:27
Caps8:16
Caps9:45
Caps10:16
Caps11:2
Caps12:18
Caps13:5
Goals5:8
Goals6:9
Goals7:14
Goals8:3
Goals9:12
Goals10:5
Goals11:0
Goals12:3
Goals13:0

Tommy Duggan (31 August 1897 – 30 November 1961) was an American soccer outside right who played in both the National Association Football League and American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Much of Duggan's early career is unknown. He moved to the United States in 1911. The first team he is recorded as playing with is the Valley Boys, of an unknown league, in 1914. He then played for Babcock & Wilcox, West Hudson A.A. and Philadelphia Merchant Ship, all of the National Association Football League (NAFBL). He was with Babcock & Wilcox in December 1916.[1] In March 1918, he was with West Hudson A.A.[2] In 1921, the American Soccer League replaced the NAFBL. Duggan signed with the New York Field Club of the ASL and spent one season with them before bouncing from one team to another. He was with the Paterson F.C. in the 1922–1923 season, winning the 1923 National Challenge Cup,[3] but was back with New York F.C. the next season. In 1924, the New York F.C. was sold to new ownership, who renamed it Indiana Flooring. While Duggan began the season with Indiana, he moved to the New York Giants sixteen games into the season. Duggan spent several seasons with the Giants before leaving three games into the 1926–1927 season. He moved to the Newark Skeeters before moving to the New York Nationals for the start of the 1927–1928 season, but was back in Newark after only two games.[4] He then played the 1929–1930 season with the New York Giants. According to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, he also played for Newark Portuguese.

Duggan was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1955.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/12/01/104695973.pdf 1 December 1916 New York Times
  2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/03/18/102677526.pdf 18 March 1918 New York Times
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usacuphist.html U.S. Open Cup at RSSSF
  4. Book: Jose, Colin . American Soccer League, 1921-1931 . Hardback . The Scarecrow Press . 1998 . 0-8108-3429-4 . .
  5. Web site: Tommy Duggan - 1955 Inductee National Soccer Hall of Fame . 2023-12-19 . Tommy Duggan - 1955 Inductee National Soccer Hall of Fame . en.