Jimmy Dunn Never Played at Ebbets Field
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James “Jimmy” Dunn (b.1897-d.1987) was an outstanding American soccer player of the early 20th Century. He scored the winning goal of the 1920 National Challenge Cup final, netting a victory for his hometown Ben Millers soccer club. He was elected to the US Soccer Hall of Fame in 1974. Before tonight, I had never heard [...]
In the Movies: Orson Welles Meets Soccer in the 70′s
My bachelor’s degree is in Cinema Studies, believe it or not, and I like to fancy myself as somewhat of a cinephile. That is to say, I love movies and I’ve seen a lot of them. Perhaps my favorite film of all time is Orson Welles’ 1973 documentary F for Fake, which weaves several narratives [...]
Thursday Morning Click-Thru: 6/21/2012
[Evening Edition] Below are a few links that I’ve tweeted out over the past week that I think readers here would enjoy. This article highlighting one and done ballplayers was a great read:”The Roy Hobbs All-Star Team” hardballtimes.com/main/article/t… — Paul Dylan (@heyblue) June 20, 2012 Countdown in History: 1975 Seattle Sounders wp.me/p10Cd9-342 — Andrew Urlacher [...]
Howler Magazine on Kickstarter
I contributed $15 to this Kickstarter campaign for a much-needed first-rate North American soccer magazine. There simply isn’t one otherwise. I hope Howler meets its Kickstarter goal and I hope the magazine is as well-done as the video suggests it could be. Hat-tip to fellow Sounder/Arsenal fan Zach Slayton of Forbes and A Beautiful Numbers [...]
England vs. Germany, 1915
From the Library of Congress, this poster was printed 51 years before anyone ever said “Two World Wars and One World Cup.” Speaking of the 1966 World Cup, I’d like to replay that tournament someday. My next World Cup project will be 1998, however, to be played with Mea Copa and Classic Soccer. In the [...]