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| Full name | Joseph Bertrand Arthur Patenaude | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1909-11-04)November 4, 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | November 4, 1974(1974-11-04) (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Philadelphia Field Club | 8 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | →J&P Coats | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1928–1931 | Fall River FC | 114 | (112) | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | →Newark Americans (loan) | 5 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1934 | Philadelphia German-Americans | ||||||||||||||||
| 1934–1936 | St. Louis Central Breweries | 24 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Philadelphia Passon | 22 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 174+ | (170+) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1930 | United States | 4 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bertrand "Bert" Arthur Patenaude (/ˈpætnoʊd/; November 4, 1909 – November 4, 1974) was an Americansoccer player who played as aforward. Although it was formerly disputed, he is officially credited byFIFA as the scorer of the firsthat-trick inWorld Cup history.[1][2] He is a member of theUnited States Soccer Hall of Fame.[3][4]
Born inMassachusetts in 1909, Patenaude began playing in the competitive local leagues in his hometown ofFall River, Massachusetts. In 1928, he signed his first professional contract withPhiladelphia Field Club of theAmerican Soccer League. In his eight games with Philadelphia, he scored six goals. Despite this productivity, he moved toJ&P Coats for one league game, then moved again to his hometownFall River F.C. While playing with the 'Marksmen', Patenaude formed a lethal striking partnership with another local Massachusetts player,Billy Gonsalves (scoring 112 goals in 114 appearances with the Massachusetts club). He remained in Fall River until the summer of 1930, winning the 1930National Challenge Cup before moving to theNewark Americans.[5] He scored seven goals in five games at the start of the 1930–1931 season, but found himself back with the 'Marksmen' for the end of the season. In 1931, Fall River merged with theNew York Soccer Club to form theNew York Yankees. However, Fall River had already begun playing National Cup games. Therefore, while the Yankees won the National Cup, the records show the winner as Fall River. In the cup championship, Patenaude scored five goals in the Yankees' 6–2 first game victory over Chicago'sBricklayers and Masons F.C.[5] Patenaude remained with the Yankees through the spring of 1931. That same year, the Yankees moved toNew Bedford, Massachusetts, where the team took up the name of the defunctNew Bedford Whalers.
The ASL was collapsing by the fall of 1931 and records are incomplete, but it appears that in 1933, Patenaude signed with thePhiladelphia German-Americans of the second American Soccer League. In 1934, Patenaude moved west to sign withSt. Louis Central Breweries of theSt. Louis Soccer League, at that point the only professional league in the country. Central Breweries, stocked with future Hall of Famers, won the league and 1935National Challenge Cup titles.[5] In 1935, Central Breweries left the league, became an independent team and lost the sponsorship of the brewery. Patenaude remained with the team, now called theSt. Louis Shamrocks.[6] In 1936, the Shamrocks went to the National Cup final before falling to the Philadelphia German-Americans.[5]
In 1936, Patenaude returned east where he played one season withPhiladelphia Passon of the ASL before he disappeared from the professional scene. Patenaude returned to Fall River and worked in painting[1] and carpentry until his death in 1974.
In 1930, Patenaude was called into theU.S. national team for the1930 FIFA World Cup. In that cup, he scored a goal in the U.S. opener againstBelgium, then a hat trick in the 3–0 victory overParaguay.[7] Following the U.S. elimination byArgentina in the semifinals, the U.S. went on an exhibition tour of South America, ending with a 4–3 loss toBrazil in which Patenaude scored his sixth and final U.S. goal and never again appeared with the national setup.[8]
Patenaude's record of four goals in one World Cup remains the standard for an American player. Additionally, his total stood as the all-time career mark for an American player untilLandon Donovan notched his third, fourth, and fifth career World Cup goals at the2010 edition.
Patenaude's historic day came on July 17, 1930, as the United States playedParaguay in theinaugural World Cup. Patenaude scored the opening goal in the tenth minute. A second goal in the fifteenth minute had been credited several different ways: as an own goal byAurelio González (according to the RSSSF), a regular goal by the U.S.'sTom Florie (according to the official FIFA match record), or as Patenaude's second goal (according to theUnited States Soccer Federation). A fiftieth-minute goal by Patenaude gave the U.S. a 3–0 win over the South Americans.[9][10]
The dispute and discrepancies over the second goal had led to confusion over the first-ever World Cup hat-trick, as Argentina'sGuillermo Stábile scored one againstMexico just two days after the U.S.-Paraguay game. FIFA announced on November 10, 2006, that Patenaude was the first person to score a hat-trick in World Cup play, confirming that he scored all three goals.[11]
Patenaude was inducted into theU.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 1971. He died in Fall River on his sixty-fifth birthday.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | July 13, 1930 | Estadio Gran Parque Central,Montevideo, Uruguay |  Belgium | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1930 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 | July 17, 1930 | Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Paraguay | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1930 FIFA World Cup |
| 3 | 2–0 | |||||
| 4 | 3–0 | |||||
| 5 | August 17, 1930 | Estádio das Laranjeiras,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Brazil | 1–2 | 3–4 | Friendly |
| 6 | 2–4 |
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