Tommy Stark

Tommy Stark
Personal information
Full name	Tommy Stark
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Place of death	United States
Position(s)	Left Back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1914-1915	Kearny Scots
1918-1919	Paterson F.C.
1919-1921	Erie
1921-1924	New York Field Club
1924	New York Giants
1924-1925	Newark Skeeters
International career
1925	United States
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Stark was a U.S.-Scottish soccer right half who spent several seasons in both the National Association Football League and the first American Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1925.

Professional career

Stark, brother of Hall of Fame member Archie Stark, was part of the Kearny Scots team which won the 1915 American Cup. He also played with Paterson F.C. of the National Association Football League (NAFBL) during the 1918-1919 season.^[1] That year Paterson lost the 1919 National Challenge Cup final to Bethlehem Steel F.C. He was then with Erie A.A. during the 1920-1921 NAFBL season.^[2] In 1921, the American Soccer League replaced the NAFBL and Stark moved to New York Field Club.^[3] In 1924, he moved to the New York Giants, but played only two games before transferring to the Newark Skeeters. He left the Skeeters and the league after only eight games.^[4]

Stark earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 1-0 loss to Canada on June 27, 1925.^[5]

^ March 15, 1919 The Globe
^ New York Times
^ New York Times
^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
^ U.S. International Results at RSSSF

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