Alfonso Marina (August 5, 1930 – May 27, 2004) was an American
soccer
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player who spent his career in the
American Soccer League, earned one
cap with the
U.S. national team, and was a member of the 1956 Olympic soccer team.
Marina earned one
cap with the
U.S. national team in a 3–2 loss to
Iceland
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on August 25, 1955. Marina was then selected for the
1956 U.S. Olympic soccer team. The U.S. had a successful tour of Asia before the games, winning five and losing three. However, the games proved anticlimactic when the U.S. lost, 9–1, to Yugoslavia in the first round. At the time of the games, he played for
Brooklyn Hispano
The Brooklyn Hispano was an American soccer club based in Brooklyn, New York that was an inaugural member of the reformed American Soccer League. The club was named the Brooklyn Giants for the 1942/43 season only.
The Hispano club competed in the ...
in the
American Soccer League.
Marina died in
Long Island, New York
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on May 27, 2004, at the age of 73.
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1930 births
2004 deaths
American men's soccer players
American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Brooklyn Hispano players
Olympic soccer players for the United States
Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
United States men's international soccer players
Men's association football defenders
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