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Werner Roth (soccer, Born 1948)
Werner Roth (born April 4, 1948) is an American former professional soccer defender. Mainly associated with the New York Cosmos, he also represented the United States men's national soccer team for three years. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Soccer career Born in Yugoslavia, Roth emigrated to the United States at age eight, going on to become a rising star in American soccer through the 1960s. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, playing on the varsity squad from 1962 to 1966, and captaining the team in his senior year. Additionally, he studied architecture at the Pratt Institute, and played for the German-Hungarians in the German American Soccer League. One of the few Americans on a star-studded New York Cosmos side (i.e. Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer), Roth played with the club seven years, and helped it to Soccer Bowl titles in 1972, 1977 and 1978. He also appeared 15 times for his adopted country's national team, in the 1970s. Movie career / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugoslavia occurring as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars. Spanning an area of in the Balkans, Yugoslavia was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, by Austria and Hungary to the north, by Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and by Albania and Greece to the south. It was a one-party socialist state and federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and had six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFR Yugoslavia traces its origins to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory (movie)
Victory is successful conclusion of a fight or competition. Victory may also refer to: Places United States * Victory, Cayuga County, New York, a town * Victory, Saratoga County, New York, a village * Victory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, neighborhood *Victory, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Victory, Vermont, a town * Victory, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Victory Boulevard (Staten Island) * Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles) *Mount Victory, Ohio, a village Elsewhere * Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226, Saskatchewan, Canada * Victory Beach, New Zealand *Victory (volcano), a volcano on New Guinea island, Papua New Guinea ** Mount Victory (Papua New Guinea), the same volcano * Victory (crater), a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley on the Moon Companies * Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania * Victory Liner, the bus company in the Philippines * Victory Motorcycles, an American motorcycle manufacturer * Victory Records, an American record label Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-American Soccer League Players
German Americans (german: Deutschamerikaner, ) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 43 million in 2019, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the United States Census Bureau in its American Community Survey. German Americans account for about one third of the total population of people of German ancestry in the world. Very few of the German states had colonies in the new world. In the 1670s, the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the British colonies, settling primarily in Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia. The Mississippi Company of France moved thousands of Germans from Europe to Louisiana and to the German Coast, Orleans Territory between 1718 and 1750. Immigration ramped up sharply during the 19th century. There is a "German belt" that extends all the way across the United States, from eastern Pennsylvania to the Oregon coast. Pennsylvania, with 3.5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
