Herman Rapp
Personal information
Full name Herman Rapp
Date of birth (1908-12-06)6 December 1908
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Date of death 1 May 1986(1986-05-01) (aged 77)
Place of death Whiting, New Jersey, United States
Position(s) Defender
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934 United States

Herman Rapp (6 December 1908 - May 1986)[1] was a German-American soccer defender who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Club career

In 1928, Rapp is listed with F.C. Schwaben of the International Soccer Football League of Chicago. He was then listed with the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League during the World Cup.[3]

International career

In 1934, Rapp was called into the U.S. team for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. However, he did not enter the lone U.S game of the tournament, a 7-1 loss to eventual champion Italy.[4]

Coaching

In 1938, Rapp was the head coach of the Schwaben. By then Schwaben competed in the National Soccer League of Chicago.

References

  1. ^ "Herman Rapp". Ancestry. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup Italy vs USA". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-21. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Early World Cups US Squads". National.Soccerhall. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup Italy vs USA". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-21. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

External links


United States squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup
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