Robert Annis

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Bob Annis
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Full name Robert Annis
Date of birth September 5, 1928 (1928-09-05)
Place of birth    St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of death    March 31, 1995 (aged 66)
Place of death    St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1947-1950 St. Louis Simpkins-Ford    
National team
1948 United States 1 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Robert “Bob” Annis (born September 5, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, died March 31, 1995 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. soccer defender. He was a member of both the 1948 U.S. Olympic soccer team and the U.S. team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

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[edit] Simpkins-Ford

Annis was a member of the St. Louis Simpkins-Ford club from at least 1948 to 1950. During that time, Simpkins was a dominant team, winning both the 1948 and 1950 U.S. Open Cup championships.

[edit] National and Olympic teams

Annis was selected for the U.S. soccer team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. However, he did not play in the only U.S. game of the tournament, a 9-0 loss to Italy.

Later that summer, he earned his only caps with the U.S. national team, a 3-1 win over Israel on September 26, 1948.[1] In 1950, Annis was part of the U.S. team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, but never entered a game as the U.S. went 1-2 in the first round. Annis was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1995, along with the rest of the 1950 U.S. World Cup squad.

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