Norman McLeod (soccer)
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Norman McLeod (born September, 1938 in Vancouver, Canada) is a former Canadian national soccer team player.
McLeod played four times for Canada, in 1957 he was selected to Canada's first ever World Cup team and scored Canada's first ever goal in World Cup competition against the United States in Toronto. McLeod played for the Vancouver Halecos in the Pacific Coast Soccer League, and was a member of the team as they won the Canadian championship in 1956. He later played for the PCSL's Vancouver Canadians.
He first played for the B.C. All-Stars in 1957 and scored one of the goals when the team beat Tottenham Hotspur. He eventually played 14 times for the B.C. All-Star team against teams like Hearts, Admira Vienna, West Bromwich Albion, Municipal Lima, Zenit Leningrad, Birmingham City, Toronto City, Sheffield United, Red Star Belgrade, Notts Forest and Hibernian.
In April 2005 McLeod was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.
