John Carden (May 10, 1931 – September 7, 1997) was an English-born member of the U.S.

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. Carden, a graduate of the University of Southern California, did not enter the lone U.S. game of the tournament, a 9–1 loss to Yugoslavia. At the time, he was a private in the United States Army assigned to

Fort McPherson Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia, bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia. It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. Ar ...

. Carden died in Los Angeles on September 7, 1997, at the age of 66.

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1931 births 1997 deaths American military Olympians American men's soccer players Olympic soccer players for the United States University of Southern California alumni Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders United States Army soldiers {{US-footy-midfielder-stub