Robert Craddock

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Bob Craddock
Personal information
Full name Robert W. Craddock
Date of birth September 5, 1923(1923-09-05)
Place of birth    Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of death    March 28, 2003 (aged 79)
Place of death    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Playing position Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
Castle Shannon
Harmarville
   
National team
1954 United States 1 (0)

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

Robert W. Craddock (born September 5, 1923 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania; died March 28, 2003 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He earned one cap in 1954.

[edit] Club career

Craddock spent his playing career in Pennsylvania with two teams, Castle Shannon and Harmarville. He was with Harmarville when selected for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Harmarville lost both the 1950 and 1951 National Amateur Cup[1] and the 1952 and 1956 U.S. Open Cups.

[edit] National team

While Craddock was selected to the U.S. roster for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, he never entered a game. He earned his only cap with the national team in a 3-0 win over Haiti on April 4, 1954.[2]

Craddock was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1997. His father Robert B. Craddock is also a member of the Hall of Fame.

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