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2 unusual facts about Billy Gonsalves


Billy Gonsalves

In October 1937, Gonsalves quit the Shamrocks and signed with St. Patrick's.

Adelino William ("Billy") Gonsalves (sometimes spelt in the Portuguese form, Gonçalves) (August 10, 1908 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island – July 17, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey) was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer".


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Both Billy Gonsalves and Bert Patenaude were playing with the United States at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and did not travel.


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