SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Douglas

1898 - 1972

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Jimmy Douglas (January 12, 1898 – March 5, 1972) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent his career in the first American Soccer League (ASL). He earned nine caps with the U.S. national team, making his first appearance for the "Stars and Stripes" at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Notably, he finished his international career at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, where he posted the first "clean sheet" in World Cup history. Douglas was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Douglas is the 1,760th most popular soccer player (up from 7,359th in 2019), the 5,341st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,534th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Douglas ranks 1,760 out of 21,273. Before him are Aldo Boffi, Ryo Nojima, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Cayetano Ré, and Otto Andersson. After him are Shota Arveladze, János Göröcs, Geremi, Kim Vilfort, Otto Glória, and Fabinho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Jimmy Douglas ranks 158. Before him are Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Anthony McAuliffe, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Boughera El Ouafi, and Lev Knipper. After him are Norman Vincent Peale, Mikhail Koshkin, Alfons Gorbach, William Astbury, Erich Bey, and Alfred Sauvy. Among people deceased in 1972, Jimmy Douglas ranks 141. Before him are Max Aub, Miriam Hopkins, Ennio Flaiano, František Čáp, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Rudolf Belling. After him are Gustav Wiederkehr, Abeid Karume, Alfons Gorbach, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Marianne Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Douglas ranks 5,341 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregory Hines (1946), Arsenio Hall (1956), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Roseanne Barr (1952), Albert Ayler (1936), and Jim Courier (1970). After him are Hot Rod Hundley (1934), John Tukey (1915), Oliver Kirk (1884), Jon Krakauer (1954), Kaʻahumanu (1768), and Ward Bond (1903).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Jimmy Douglas ranks 2. Before him are Bert Patenaude (1909). After him are Mia Hamm (1972), Michelle Akers (1966), Brad Friedel (1971), Tim Howard (1979), Landon Donovan (1982), Tom Florie (1897), Bruce Arena (1951), Timothy Weah (2000), Alexi Lalas (1970), and Clint Dempsey (1983).

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