Percy Adamson

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Percy Adamson
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Position(s) Center forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Brooklyn Field Club
Managerial career
1914 Columbia Lions
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Adamson was an early twentieth-century American soccer player who was captain of the Brooklyn Field Club when it won the 1914 National Challenge Cup.

Adamson played for Brooklyn Field Club as early as 1910. [1] On May 16, 1914, Adamson scored the first goal in the final of the 1914 National Challenge Cup which was the first time this tournament was held. [2] In September 1916, while living in Sheepshead Bay, New York he was still listed with the Brooklyn Field Club . [3]

In September 1914, he became the head coach of the Columbia University soccer team. [4]

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