Walter Romanowicz Explained

Walter Romanowicz
Birth Date:24 April 1918
Death Place:Fall River, Massachusetts
Position:Goalkeeper
Clubs1:Ponta Delgada S.C.
Nationalyears1:1947
Nationalteam1:United States
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

Walter Romanowicz (April 24, 1918  - July 9, 1986) was an American soccer goalkeeper. He played for the Fall River, Massachusetts, Ponta Delgada S.C. which won the 1947 National Challenge Cup and National Amateur Cup.[1] Based on these result, the U.S. Soccer Federation selected the club to act as the U.S. national team at the 1947 NAFC Championship. As a result, Romanowicz earned two caps with the U.S. national team. In the first game, the U.S. 5-0 to Mexico and in the second, they lost 5–2 to Cuba.[2]

Romanowicz was inducted into the New England Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986. He died in Fall River, Massachusetts.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usacuphist.html USA - List of US Open Cup Finals
  2. http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1947.html The Year in American Soccer - 1947
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-10-06 . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727115228/http://neshof.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/inductees.htm . dead .