Bill Looby
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Bill Looby (born November 11, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri – died December 9, 1998 in St. Louis) is a former United States soccer player and a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Looby played forward both professionally and for the U.S. national team. In 1950, he began playing for the St. Louis Raiders which won the National Amateur Cup in 1952. After that victory, Tom Kutis, owner of the Kutis Funeral Home, began to sponsor the team. Looby remained with the team, now known as St. Louis Kutis and played in Kutis’ six consecutive National Amateur Cup championships (1956-1961). He also scored goals in both games of the 1957 U.S. Open Cup championship over Hakoah. His team mates included Harry Keough, Frank Borghi and Ruben Mendoza. In 1958, the U.S. Soccer Football Association used the Kutis team as the U.S. national team in two world cup qualifying games.
In 1956, Looby played for the U.S. Olympic team at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1959, Looby was a member of the U.S. Pan American team which took the bronze medal. He scored 6 goals in that tournament.
Looby earned 8 caps with the senior national team, scoring 6 goals. He earned his first cap in a 1954 World Cup qualifier against Mexico. He played his last game with the national team in 1959.
Looby was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.
