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3 unusual facts about Gene Olaff


Gene Olaff

He joined the U.S. National Guard in order to gain his U.S. citizenship and married Irene MacGregor.

In May 1946 he twice played against a touring Liverpool side, representing the New York region and the American Soccer League.

Liverpool manager George Kay told the Liverpool Echo newspaper that he was good enough for the English 1st Division but there was no chance of persuading him to give up a police career that allowed him to retire on a pension at the age of fifty.



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