Robert "Bob" W. Craddock (September 5, 1923 – March 28, 2003) was an American soccer player who was a member of the U.S. team at the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

. He earned one

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in 1954.

Club career

Craddock spent his playing career in Pennsylvania with two teams, Castle Shannon and Harmarville. He was with Harmarville when selected for the

. Harmarville lost both the 1950 and 1952 National Amateur Cup
/sup> and the 1954 and 1956 National Challenge Cups.

National team

While Craddock was selected to the U.S. roster for the

, he earned his only

with the national team in a 3-0 win over Haiti on April 4, 1954.
/sup> Craddock was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1997. His father Robert B. Craddock is also a member of the Hall of Fame.

References

External links

National Soccer Hall of Fame profile
1923 births 2003 deaths American men's soccer players American people of Welsh descent Castle Shannon SC players Harmarville Hurricanes players National Soccer Hall of Fame members Soccer players from Pittsburgh United States men's international soccer players 1950 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football forwards {{US-footy-forward-stub