Donald “Pug” Malinowski is an American former

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goalkeeper who earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1954 and 1955.

Club career

Malinowski grew up in

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, where he played soccer with two local amateur teams, the

Harmarville Hurricanes The Harmarville Hurricanes Soccer Club were an amateur soccer club from Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, that twice won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, known then as the National Challenge Cup, in 1952 and 1956. They also played ...

and Castle Shannon of the western Pennsylvania Keystone League from 1950 to 1962. Malinowski began his career with the Hurricanes before moving to Shannon for the 1953–1954 season. He was back with the Hurricanes in August 1954. Malinowski and the Hurricanes won the 1952 and 1956

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. They were also runner up in 1953. Malinowski and his team mates also won the league title in 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1957.

National team

Malinowski earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1954 and 1955. In 1954, he was the goalkeeper for the U.S. team in three qualifiers for the

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. The U.S. went 2–1 in those three qualifiers (including one shutout), but failed to qualify for the finals based on a 2–2 record. His last cap came in a loss to Iceland on August 25, 1955.USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969

References

External links

Newspaper article on Harmarville Hurricanes

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