Teddy Glover

Teddy Glover
Personal information
Full name	Charles Edward Glover
Date of birth	7 April 1902
Place of birth	Bootle, Liverpool, England
Date of death	8 February 1993 (aged 90)
Place of death	Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
	Byker West End
Senior career*
Years	Team
1922–1925	New Brighton
1925–1927	Southport
1927–1928	Wigan Borough
1928–1930	New York Giants
1930	→ New York Soccer Club
1931–1932	New York Giants
1932–1934	New York Americans
1934–1940	Brookhattan
	Pfaelzer
	Brooklyn S.C.
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Edward "Teddy" Glover (7 April 1902 – 8 February 1993) was a US soccer full back who began his career in the lower English divisions before playing several seasons in the American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

In August 1922, Glover began his professional career with New Brighton A.F.C. of the English Third Division North. On 14 July 1925, he moved to Southport for two seasons. On 5 August 1927, he was transferred to Wigan Borough F.C. In 1928, he moved to the United States where he signed with the New York Giants of the Eastern Soccer League. The Giants moved to the American Soccer League in 1930, playing as the New York Soccer Club. In the spring of 1931, Glover moved to the New York Giants. However, this was a different team than the previous Giants. When the first Giants renamed themselves the New York Soccer Club, the owner of the New York Nationals decided to rename the Nationals the Giants. In the spring of 1931, the Giants won the ASL championship.^[2] The Giants folded after the spring 1932 season and Glover moved to the New York Americans. The first ASL collapsed in the summer of 1933, to be replaced by the second ASL. The Americans moved to the new league. In 1934, Glover joined Brookhattan of the ASL, remaining with them until 1940. He then finished out his career with Pfaelzer S.C. of the German American Soccer League and Brooklyn S.C.

Glover was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951.^[3]

Teddy also served as an assistant coach at the University of Southern Colorado (now CSU-Pueblo) in 1991 and 1992.

References

^ "Optimists of the North. New Brighton". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
^ "Teddy Glover – 1965 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Teddy Glover – 1965 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

External links

National Soccer Hall of Fame profile

[1] "Optimists of the North. New Brighton". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.

[2] Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().

[3] "Teddy Glover – 1965 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Teddy Glover – 1965 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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