Werner Mieth Explained

Werner Mieth
Birth Date:28 April 1912
Birth Place:Meissen, Germany
Death Place:Union, New Jersey, United States
Position:Halfback
Years2:1925–1935
Years3:1935–1937
Years4:1937–1938
Years5:1938–1939
Years6:1939–1940
Years7:1940–1941
Years8:1941–1953
Years9:1953–1954
Years10:1954–1962
Years11:1962–
Clubs1:Coswig
Clubs3:McDonough
Clubs6:Paterson Dovers
Clubs11:Newark Germans

Werner Mieth (April 28, 1912 – September 28, 1997) was a German-American football (soccer) halfback. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[1] He spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and the German American Soccer League.

Mieth began his career in Germany as a junior player with Coswig. In 1925, he moved to the United States where he joined the junior team of the Newark Germans which competed in the German American Soccer League. He eventually found a place with the Americans’ first team as it won the 1931, 1932 and 1932 GASL titles. In 1933, Newark joined the American Soccer League. Mieth moved to McDonough S.C. in 1935 and to the Kearny Irish in 1937. He remained there for only one season before switching to the Trenton Highlanders for the 1938–1939 season and the Paterson Dovers for the 1939–1940 season. In 1940, Mieth joined the Philadelphia German-Americans where he spent the next twelve seasons. The German-Americans were renamed the Americans in 1941, winning the ASL championship in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948 and 1952. In 1953, Uhrick Trucking purchased the team, renaming the team the Uhrik Truckers. In 1954, Truckers released Mieth and he moved to the Elizabeth Falcons. In 1962, he moved to the Westfield Lions which played in the Italian League. At some point, he returned to the Newark Germans.

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  1. Web site: Werner Mieth - 1974 Inductee National Soccer Hall of Fame . 2023-12-19 . Werner Mieth - 1974 Inductee National Soccer Hall of Fame . en.