| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Souza-Benavides | ||
| Date of birth | (1920-07-12)July 12, 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Date of death | March 11, 2012(2012-03-11) (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Dover, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1951 | Fall River Ponta Delgada | ||
| 1951–19?? | New York German-Hungaria | ||
| International career | |||
| 1947–1954 | United States | 14 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Souza-Benavides (July 12, 1920 – March 11, 2012)[1] known asJohn "Clarkie" Souza,[2] was an Americansoccer player who earned 14caps and scored 2 goals for theUnited States men's national soccer team,[3] and played in the U.S. team's historic1–0 victory overEngland in the1950 FIFA World Cup. He was selected for a World Cup All-Star team by the Brazilian sports newspaperMundo Esportivo, and remained the only American player ever selected to a World Cup All-Star team untilClaudio Reyna in 2002. He is a member of theNational Soccer Hall of Fame.[4] He was born inFall River, Massachusetts and died inDover, Pennsylvania.
Souza is sometimes credited as having scored two goals[5] in the tournament but modern sources indicate he scored neither;Gino Pariani scored againstSpain andFrank Wallace scored their first goal againstChile.
Souza was a member of theFall River Ponta Delgada team that won theNational Challenge Cup in 1947, as well as theNational Amateur Cup for three consecutive years, from 1946 to 1948. In 1951, he transferred to the New York German-Hungarians and proceeded to again win both the National Challenge Cup and the National Amateur Cup that year. Souza was a member of the U.S. team for both the1948 and1952 Summer Olympics,[6] and played for the U.S. againstScotland atHampden Park in 1952.
He was aWorld War II veteran, having served in theNavy as aMorse code operator on a supply ship in the South Pacific.[7] He is buried with his wife Anita atMassachusetts National Cemetery,Bourne, Massachusetts.
He was not related to his teammateEd Souza.[8]
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