Sol Eisner

Sol Eisner

Personal information
Place of birth	Germany
Position(s)	Forward

Sol Eisner is an American former soccer player who played as a forward. ^[1] Eisner played in the American Soccer League, and on the United States men's national soccer team.

Biography

Eisner was born in Germany, and is Jewish. ^{[1] [2]} He had four brothers who also played soccer. ^[3]

Eisner was a star with the New York Americans ^[3] most seasons from 1937 to 1951, during which time the team was in the American Soccer League. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} In 1946–47 he scored 14 of the team's 38 goals for the season. ^[10] He played 60 games for the team in his career, started 58 of them, and scored 79 goals. ^[11]

By July 1942 he was in the US military ^[2] where he lost his left eye during army maneuvers. ^{[3] [12] [13]} He played for the American Soccer League All Stars in 1947, nearly scoring in a 2–0 loss to Hapoel at Yankee Stadium in front of more than 40,000 fans. ^{[14] [15]}

He played an unofficial international game for the United States national team, in 1948 against Israel, and played for the American Soccer League All-Stars in a tour of Israel in 1951. ^{[13] [16] [17] [18]}

Eisner would later play for New York's Maccabi F.C. in the mid-1950s. ^{[13] [19]}

References

1. "Were Hosts to New York Americans". Bermuda Sports. May 29, 1951. p. 27.
2. "10 Athletes in Service of U.S." The Detroit Jewish News. July 10, 1942. p. 13.
3. Harold U. Ribalow (1966). The Jew in American Sports (3rd Revised ed.). New York: Bloch Publishing Company. p. 335. OCLC   1035899989. Sol Eisner at the Internet Archive . Retrieved 9 May 2021.
4. "Brooks, Amerks Play to 3-3 Tie". Daily News . New York. 6 June 1938. p. 40. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bert Patenaude, NY Americans vs Philly Passons, 1-2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1940. p. 24.
6. "N.Y. Americans Beat Nationals". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 28, 1946. p. 21.
7. "SOCCER AMERICANS GAIN 4-1 TRIUMPH; Beat Baltimore Americans in League Game--Eisner and Brown Aces of Attack". The New York Times. November 4, 1940. p. 27.
8. "Sol Eisner". soccerstats.us.
9. "New York Americans Win First Game in Bermuda 7-3 Against West Rangers". The Royal Gazette. March 19, 1951. p. 9.
10. "1946 New York Americans Division II and III soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". statscrew.com.
11. "New York Americans All-time Stats". SoccerStats.us.
12. Graham, Bill (December 2, 1943). "Sports Shorts - Soccer". Brooklyn Eagle . p. 14. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via Newspapers.com. Sol Eisner of New York Americans is in a Tennessee hospital as a result of a bomb fragment striking the pupil of his left eye during army maneuvers
13. Graham, Bill (13 January 1953). "Soccer". Brooklyn Eagle . p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via Newspapers.com. Sol Eisner of the New York Americans, who lost an eye during army maneuvers and later overstayed the American League tour of Israel and got a leg injury when engaging in an exhibition game there, is now directing the activities of the Maccabi S.C. juniors
14. "American Soccer League All-Stars 2 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv". soccerstats.us. May 4, 1947.
15. Turkin, Hy. "Palestine's Hapoel trips AL Stars, 2–0, in Mud". Daily News . New York. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com. A U.S. record total of 61,359 tickets were sold for the contest, with 53,177 attending
16. "USMNT Results: 1885-1950". ussoccerhistory.org. August 5, 2015.
17. "Sol Eisner". 11v11.com.
18. "The Year in American Soccer - 1951". soccerhistoryusa.org.
19. "Dover hosts Maccabees". The Morning Call . Paterson, New Jersey. 16 April 1955. p. 8. "Led by Sol Eisner who represented the U. S. in several International Soccer games ...