Thomas Lynch was an American

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 ...

midfielder who was a member of the U.S. national team at the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. In 1934, Lynch was called into the U.S. team for the

. However, he did not enter the lone U.S. game of the tournament, a 7–1 loss to eventual champion Italy.
/sup> Lynch played professionally in the American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League, being listed with

Brooklyn Celtic Brooklyn Celtic was a name used by at least two U.S. soccer teams. The first was an early twentieth century amateur team which was formed in August 1910 and dominated the New York Amateur Association Football League from 1912 to 1917. The second ...

during the World Cup. In 1935, he was with the New York Americans. Lynch is deceased.https://bolavip.com/mundial/Murio-el-ultimo-futbolista-presente-en-Italia-1934-20140313-0027.html

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Sportspeople from Fall River, Massachusetts Soccer players from Massachusetts American men's soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Brooklyn Celtic (1933–1935) players New York Americans (soccer) (1933–1956) players 1934 FIFA World Cup players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Men's association football midfielders {{US-footy-midfielder-stub