Jimmy Douglas (American soccer)

Jimmy Douglas

Personal information
Full name	James Edward Douglas
Date of birth	(1898-01-12)January 12, 1898
Place of birth	East Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death	March 5, 1972(1972-03-05) (aged 74)
Place of death	Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1907–	Central Juniors
	Ryerson
	Antlers
	Erie
	Swanson
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1922–1923	Harrison S.C.	14	(0)
1923–1925	Newark Skeeters	43	(0)
1925–1927	New York Giants	40	(0)
1927–1928	Fall River F.C.	29	(0)
1928	Philadelphia Field Club	12	(0)
1928–1929	Brooklyn Wanderers	3	(0)
1929	Fall River F.C.	10	(0)
1929–1930	New York Nationals	13	(0)
1930	→ New York Giants	24	(0)
1931	New York Americans	7	(0)
Total		195	(0)
International career
1924–1930	United States	9	(0)
Medal record Men's soccer Representing  United States FIFA World Cup 1930 Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy Douglas (January 12, 1898 – March 5, 1972) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent his career in the first American Soccer League (ASL). He earned nine caps with the U.S. national team, making his first appearance for the "Stars and Stripes" at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[2] Notably, he finished his international career at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, where he posted the first "clean sheet" in World Cup history. Douglas was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1953.