| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1905-09-20)September 20, 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Kirkintilloch, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | July 24, 1989(1989-07-24) (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Lafayette, California, U.S. | ||
| Position | Inside Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1922–1923 | Armadale | ||
| 1923–1924 | Niagara Falls Rangers | ||
| 1924–1928 | Providence | 77 | (10) |
| 1928–1931 | →Providence Gold Bugs | 72 | (11) |
| 1931–1937 | →Fall River | 14 | (0) |
| 1937–???? | Pawtucket Rangers | 20 | (1) |
| Kearny Scots-Americans | |||
| International career | |||
| 1934 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Dick (September 20, 1905 – July 24, 1989) was asoccerforward who was a member of theU.S. national team at the1934 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the U.S.National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Dick began his professional career withArmadale F.C. in theScottish Football League. In 1923, at the age of seventeen, he moved to the United States, settling inNiagara Falls, New York. When he arrived, he immediately began playing with theNiagara Falls Rangers. The manager ofProvidence of theAmerican Soccer League spotted Dick playing for Rangers and offered him a contract. Dick went on to play six seasons with Providence between 1924 and 1930. However, in 1928, the team changed its name to theProvidence Gold Bugs. By 1930, the ravages of theGreat Depression and the "Soccer Wars" had begun to take their toll on the ASL and teams began to fold, move and merge. In 1930, a group of businessmen led byHarold Brittan bought the team, and moved the team toFall River, Massachusetts, where it spent most of the 1930–1931 ASL season asFall River When Fall River merged with theNew Bedford Whalers during the spring of 1931, Dick moved to thePawtucket Rangers. The Rangers left the ASL in the fall of 1932 as the league began to collapse, but joined the newly formed second American Soccer League in the fall of 1933. In 1934 and 1935, the Rangers went to theNational Challenge Cup, only to fall toStix, Baer and Fuller F.C. in 1934 and the same team, only renamedSt. Louis Central Breweries F.C. in 1935.[1] In 1937, he joined theKearny Scots-Americans and remained with the team through the 1941 season. During that span, Kearny won five league championships.
In 1934, Dick earned onecap with theU.S. national team at the1934 FIFA World Cup. In that game, the U.S. lost toItaly in the first round of the cup.[2]
Dick was inducted into the New England Soccer Hall of Fame in 1985[3] and theNational Soccer Hall of Fame in 1989.[1]
