Otto Decker
Appearance
Otto Decker (born 19 September 1930) is a retired German-American soccer player who earned one cap, scoring two goals, with the U.S. national team in 1953.
Youth
Decker and his brother Rolf were born in Germany, but grew up in England. In March 1939, their parents, Ilse and Hans, sent the two boys to England as part of the kindertransport.[1] Decker attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, England from 1948 to 1950 after transferring from Wycombe Technical Institute in 1948. While at RGS, he played both soccer and cricket, as the wicket keeper.[2]
National team
Decker earned his lone cap as a second-half substitute in the only U.S. game of 1953, a 6-3 loss to England. He came on at halftime and scored in the 59th and 67th minutes.[3]
References
Categories:
- American soccer players
- English footballers
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- German emigrants to the United States
- German Jews
- Jewish American sportspeople
- People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
- United States men's international soccer players
- American Soccer League (1933–83) players
- New York Hakoah players
- 1930 births
- Living people
- Association footballers not categorized by position
- American soccer biography stubs