The Soccer Garage: History Archives 1950

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MATCH #2 vs England

Ed McIlvenny
USA Captain
England Match

US World Cup Jersey
1950

"THE GAME
OF
THEIR LIVES"

Brits Prepare for Yanks
Stanley Matthews To Be Saved for the Match With Spain

USA Squad: 500 to 1 Underdogs
"as lambs to the slaughter"

top row: Mgr Walter J Geisler,Joseph A Maca,Charles M Colombo,Frank C Borghi,Harry J Keough,Walter A Bahr,Coach William"Bill"Jeffrey
bottom row: Frank Wallace, Edward J McIlvenny, Virginio P Pariani, Josrph N Gaetjens, John B Sosa, Edward N Sosa

Pre-Game Niceties Between the English Captain & USA Captain Ed McIlvenny (right)
"rarely doth the dragon triumph"

WORLD CUP BRAZIL 1950:
SPLENDOR ON GRASS!
USA 1, ENGLAND 0
JOE GAETJENS SCORES!

U.S. Upsets England in World Soccer Tourney
SOUZA'S GOAL BEATS
BRITISH ELEVEN, 1-0

Joe Gaetjens,USA forward
who scored against England,
is carried in triumph around
Belo Horizante Stadium
by adoring Brazilian fans

Frank Borghi,
USA goalkeeper
who shut-out England

U.S. STUNS WORLD IN ENGLISH WIN

Team Captures All of Brazil
By Record Upset Over England

U.S. Booters Top
England, 1-0, on
Ed Souza's Goal!

"...ain't we gone
down the rathole!"

ENGLAND BEATEN AT FOOTBALL - BY U.S.

These papers all had the score right, but they got the goal scorer wrong - it was Joe Gaetjens, not Ed Souza. Some British editors interpreted the ticker to be in error - must be 10-1 in "favour" of England!

"... wha' ah' pih-hee!"

ENGLAND
GOALKEEPER
BERT WILLIAMS
UNABLE TO STOP
JOE GAETJENS'
DIVING HEADER

Long Pass From Walter Bahr
Put Away by Gaetjens

Bert Williams

June 29, 1950: Magalhaes Pinto (Minerisao) Stadium, Belo Horizante, Brazil attendance: 10,051 Referee: Generoso Dattilo, Italy
USA 1: 39' Joe Gaetjens (Bahr)
Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Joe Maca, Ed McIlvenny (captain), Charlie Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Gino Pariani,
Joe Gaetjens, John Souza, Ed Souza Coach: Bill Jeffrey
ENG 0
Bert Williams, Alf Ramsey, John Aston, Tommy Wright, Laurie Hughes, Jimmy Dickinson, Thomas Finney, Stanley Mortensen,
Roy Bentley, Wilf Mannion, Jimmy Mullen Coach: Walter Winterbott

"an' Engelund donned
the bonnie blue strip
ne'er again"

Walter Bahr, USA

Roy Bentley, England

50 YEARS LATER
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to hear comments about this match
by USA halfback Walter Bahr
and England forward Roy Bentley