Billy Gonsalves
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| Full name | Adelino William Gonsalves | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 10, 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, Rhode Island, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | July 17, 1977 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kearny, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Inside Left/Center Half | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Pioneer | |||||||||||||||||
| Charlton Mill | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberal. | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1926–1927 | Lusitania Recreation Club | ? | (?) | ||||||||||||||
| 1927–1929 | Boston Soccer Club | 52 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 1929–1932 | Fall River F.C. | 116 | (69) | ||||||||||||||
| 1932 | → Fall River F.C. | 12 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1937 | St. Louis Central Breweries | ? | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1937–1938 | Beltmar Drug | ? | (?) | ||||||||||||||
| 1938 | South Side Radio | ? | (?) | ||||||||||||||
| 1938–1939 | Chicago Manhattan Beer | ? | (?) | ||||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Healy F.C. | 19 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 1941–1942 | Kearny Scots | ||||||||||||||||
| 1942–1948 | Brooklyn Hispano | ||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1952 | Newark F.C. | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1934 | United States | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Adelino William Gonsalves (August 10, 1908 – July 17, 1977) was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S. squad at the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.