1936–37 St. Louis Soccer League

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St. Louis Soccer League
Season1936-37
Champions Burke's Undertakers
Matches played18
Goals scored60 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer"Red" Fleming
1935-36
1937-38

The St. Louis league entered its 34th year headed by President Charles DeWitt. This season the league would play out of West Side Park. Four teams to play a doubleheader on Sundays as well as a midweek doubleheader under flood lights. Ben Millers withdrew from the league but was replaced by members of the Ben Millers Eddie Hart and Eddie McHugh. They were coached by McHugh but started the season with the name Harts. John Marre's team was called Town Criers and was coached by Tom Palmer. The Spanish Club continued under the sponsorship of Burke Undertakers. Phil Kavanaugh's team changed sponsorship from Hellrungs and Grimm to the Tom Burke Taverns and went by the name Club Lotus. Final league standings for the 1937-38 St. Louis Soccer League are below.

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League standings

PlaceTeamGPWLTGFGAPoints
1 Burke's Undertakers 9621171413
2Lotus Club944117169
3Optimists923412138
4Town Criers925214196

Top Goal Scorers

RankScorerClubGPG
1"Red" FlemingClub Lotus8
2L. Menendez Burke's Undertakers 6
3Bob Corbett St. Matthew's 5
Ed FlynOptimists5
5Henry Diaz Burke's Undertakers 3
Joe Garcia Burke's Undertakers 3
Art Garcia Burke's Undertakers 3
John WordenClub Lotus3
Bart ConnersOptimists3
WalshTown Criers3

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