Stanley Chesney

Stan Chesney

Personal information
Full name	Stanley Chesney
Date of birth	January 10, 1910
Place of birth	Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
Date of death	January 1978
Place of death	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Bayonne Rovers
	Babcock & Wilcox
1931-	New York Americans
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Stanley “Stan” Chesney (born January 19, 1910 in Bayonne, New Jersey; died January, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper. He played in both the first and second American Soccer League and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

According to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Chesney signed with the Bayonne Rovers when he was seventeen. At some point, he also played for Babcock & Wilcox. However, there are no records of these teams competing in the mid to late 1920s. At some point, he signed with the New York Americans of the first American Soccer League. He saw time in three games with the Americans during the fall 1931 ASL season.^[1] Chesney remained with the Americans for the rest of his career. In 1933, they fell to Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C. in the final of the National Challenge Cup.^[2] In 1937, they won the cup over St. Louis Shamrocks.^[3] The Americans also won the 1936 ASL championship. At some point in the mid-1940s, Chesney may have retired as he came out of retirement in 1948 to rejoin the New York Americans^[4]

External links

• National Soccer Hall of Fame profile

References

1. Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
2. May 1, 1933 Time Magazine account of 1933 Challenge Cup
3. U.S. Open Cup at RSSSF
4. U.S. Soccer History – 1949