Hal Partenheimer is a retired American

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who spent one season in the

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and two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The son of

Stan Partenheimer Stanwood Wendell Partenheimer 'Party''(October 21, 1922 – January 28, 1989) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1944) and St. Louis Cardinals (1945). Listed at , , Partenheimer batted right-handed and thre ...

, and grandson of

Steve Partenheimer Harold Philip "Steve" Partenheimer (August 30, 1891 – June 16, 1971) was an American baseball player and rubber industry executive and innovator. Partenheimer played college baseball for Amherst College and then appeared in one game Major Lea ...

, Hal Partenheimer graduated from

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in 1974. He is a member of the Sewickley Athletic Hall of Fame. Partenheimer attended

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where he played on the men's soccer team. In 1979, he signed with the

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of the

, but saw no first team time during the outdoor season. He played three games during the 1979-1980 indoor season before being sent to the

Pittsburgh Spirit Pittsburgh Spirit were an indoor soccer team based in Pittsburgh and were one of the original six teams that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The Spirit were founded in 1978, suspended operation for the 1980–81 season, then ret ...

for cash. He finished the season with the Spirit, then spent a year not playing soccer after the Spirit went into hiatus. In the fall of 1981, he was among the first players re-signed by the Spirit when they resumed operations.Partenheimer has the Spirit again
/ref> In 1983, he played for the

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of the American Soccer League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Partenheimer, Hal 1957 births Living people People from Latrobe, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Soccer players from Pennsylvania American men's soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Detroit Express players James Madison Dukes men's soccer players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Pennsylvania Stoners players Pittsburgh Spirit players Sewickley Academy alumni Men's association football defenders