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| Full name | Bartholomew McGhee | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1899-04-30)April 30, 1899 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 26, 1979(1979-01-26) (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward,left Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1917–1919 | New York Shipbuilding | ||||||||||||||||
| 1919–1921 | Wolfenden Shore | ||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1922 | Philadelphia Hibernian | ||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1924 | New York Field Club | 48 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 1924–1925 | Fleisher Yarn | 31 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1925–1931 | New York Nationals | 253 | (97) | ||||||||||||||
| 1929 | →Philadelphia Field Club (loan) | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1930 | United States | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Bartholomew "Bertie" or "Bart" McGhee (April 30, 1899 – January 26, 1979) was asoccer player who played as aforward. Born in Scotland, he played for theUnited States national team at the1930 FIFA World Cup and scored the second goal in World Cup history againstBelgium. He was inducted into the U.S.National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.
McGhee was the son of formerHibernian player andHeart of Midlothian managerJames McGhee, and the brother ofPhiladelphia Field Club forwardJimmy McGhee. McGhee's father was a renowned Scottish player who appeared withScotland in an 1886 game withWales. In September 1910, McGhee's father decided to leave Scotland and emigrate to the United States. It took him two years to get settled and it was not until 1912 that Bart McGhee, his mother and elder brother by two years, Jimmy, joined his father in the U.S. When they arrived in the U.S., the family settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
When he was nineteen, McGhee began playing forNew York Shipbuilding, located inCamden, New Jersey, of the South Jersey League.[1] The next season, he moved to Wolfenden Shore, of the Allied American Football Association; playing with them until at least March 1921 when he was on trial withBethlehem Steel F.C.[2] before moving toPhiladelphia Hibernian of the National Soccer League of Philadelphia. He played with them from 1921 to 1922.[3]
In 1922, McGhee signed with theNew York Field Club of theAmerican Soccer League. He spent two seasons with New York before moving toFleisher Yarn in 1924. Fleisher had existed for years as an amateur powerhouse, and in 1924 the team went professional. It was unable to maintain itself as a professional team and folded at the end of the season. When Fleisher failed, McGhee moved toIndiana Flooring which played in New York City. McGhee spent two seasons with Indiana. In 1927,Charles Stoneham, owner of theNew York Giantsbaseball team, bought Indiana Flooring. He renamed the team theNew York Nationals. That year the originalNew York Giants ASL club folded. Stoneham acquired the rights to the name and used it for his club. McGhee played with this team, under all its names, through 1932, except for a loan period toPhiladelphia Field Club during the 1928–1929 season.
In 1928, the New York Nationals won theNational Challenge Cup. In 1929, the club then won the Lewis Cup, the ASL cup competition. Under the new name, New York Giants, the club also won the 1930–1931 ASL championship.
After 1929 ASL statistics become patchy as theGreat Depression and the ASL/FIFA Soccer Wars took a toll on the league. Despite this, McGhee played at least 350 games and scored 137 goals from 1921 to 1931.[4] According to theNational Soccer Hall of Fame, "There are also reports in some publications that he later played in England for Hull City. However, he[sic] son Ed, who lives in Riverton, New Jersey, told me that, apart from his trip to South America, Bart never left the U.S."[5]
McGhee earned threecaps with theU.S. men's national team, all coming in the1930 FIFA World Cup. He scored the first goal for a United States team in World Cup competition in the opening victory overBelgium, which became the 2nd goal in World Cup history.
In 1986, theNational Soccer Hall of Fame inducted McGhee.During his ASL career Bart McGhee played in 350 league games and scored 127 goals, almost all of them from the left wing position.
United States' goal tally first
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | July 13, 1930 | Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Belgium | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1930 FIFA World Cup |
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