John "Frenchy" Boulos (June 7, 1921, in Haiti – January 16, 2002, in

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) was a Haitian soccer player, who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and

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. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Boulos is the grandfather of women's soccer player

Kimberly Boulos Kimberly Alexis "Kim" Boulos (born 16 April 1987) is a Haitian women's association football player who plays as a midfielder for Bollstanäs in Sweden. College career Boulos played collegiate soccer for the Fordham Rams and the South Carolina ...

Early years

Boulos was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a family of Lebanese descent. He attended school at Saint-Louis de Gonzague in Haiti before migrating to the United States in 1930 at age nine, where his family settled in

. He attended the Manual Training School where he won the New York City Championship and led the league in scoring, as well as being selected as league MVP. In addition to his school team, Boulos also played for the Bay Ridge Hearts junior team.

Club career

At some point, Boulos played for Sequra in the Metropolitan League and then for

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in the American Soccer League. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was stationed in India. When he returned from the war, Boulos rejoined Hispano, playing with them until 1949. That year, he moved to

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. In 1953, he moved to Lithuanian Sport in the

, winning the GASL and New York State Cup titles in 1954.

Honors

Individual

*Inducted into the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1980

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* 1921 births 2002 deaths Sportspeople from Port-au-Prince American sportspeople of Haitian descent American people of Lebanese descent Haitian people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Haitian emigrants to the United States American soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Brooklyn Hispano players New York Hakoah players German-American Soccer League players National Soccer Hall of Fame members Sportspeople from Brooklyn Soccer players from New York City United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Association football forwards {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub