John Boulos

John "Frenchy" Boulos (born June 7, 1921 in Haiti; died January 16, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York) was a Haitian soccer player, who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and German-American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Boulos is the grandfather of women's soccer player Kimberly Boulos.

John "Frenchy" Boulos
Personal information
Full name John Boulos
Date of birth (1921-06-07)June 7, 1921
Place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Date of death January 16, 2002(2002-01-16) (aged 80)
Place of death Brooklyn, New York, United States
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
? Segura
1940–1949 Brooklyn Hispano[1][2] 29~ (30)
1949–1953 New York Hakoah[1]
1953– Lithuania Sport
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early years

Boulos was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a family of Lebanese descent, where he spent his youth before moving with his family to the United States by age nine. He attended school at Saint-Louis de Gonzague in Haiti before migrating to the United States in 1930[3] where his family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the Manual Training School where he won the New York City Championship and led the league in scoring and being selected as league MVP. In addition to his school team, Boulos also played for the Bay Ridge Hearts junior team.

Club career

At some point, Boulos played for Sequra in the Metropolitan League and then for Brooklyn Hispano in the American Soccer League. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was stationed in India. When he returned from the war, Boulos rejoined Hispano, playing with them until 1949. That year, he moved to New York Hakoah. In 1953, he moved to Lithuanian Sport in the German-American Soccer League, winning the GASL and New York State Cup titles in 1954.

Honors

Individual

References
  1. Press (ed.). "John Boulos 1980 Inductee - Attacker". National Soccer Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. Press (ed.). "John Boulos - Stats". SoccerStats.us. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. Press, ed. (2011). "Eastern New York Hall of Fame 1997-2011" (PDF). Eastern New York State Soccer Association. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. Litterer, David; Holroyd, Steve, eds. (31 January 2010). "The Year in American Soccer - 1980". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.


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