1938 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

1938 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
ISFA, National Champion
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
Record	8–0–0 ( Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association)
Head coach	William Jeffrey (13 season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

The 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1938 season playing in the Intercollegiate Soccer League. It was the program's 28th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1938 season is William Jeffrey's 13th at the helm.

Background

Main article: Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer

The 1938 season was the Nittany Lions' 28th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 12th season playing as a part of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association. The team was led by 13th year head coach, William Jeffrey, who had previously served as the head coach for the semi-professional soccer team, Altoona Works.

In their third game of the season the Nittany Lions defeated Western Maryland 12-0, marking the largest win in Penn State soccer history.[1] Penn State was awarded an undisputed national championship title from the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association after finishing the 1938 season 8–0–0. The team was able to tally 35 goals and hold their opposition to 6 goals. At the end of the 1938 season the team had stretched their undefeated streak to 45 games.[2] Three Nittany Lions were tapped as all-east soccer team selections.[3]

Squad

Departures

Name	Reason for departure
Sol Miehoff	Graduated
Bill Borda	Graduated

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Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation — MF Fred Spyker (captain)  United States — DF Bob Schuler  United States — GK Dick Haag  United States — MF Frank Megrail  United States — MF Fred Spyker  United States — GK Walt Hosterman  United States — GK Earl Spelling  United States — GK Dave Meycis  United States — GK Walt Painter  United States — GK Bob Olmstead  United States — GK Frank Megrail  United States — FW Carl Wacker  United States — FW Solly Miehoft  United States — FW Ed Mallory  United States — GK Van Kirk  United States — Gus Biggott  Venezuela — Dario Bedout  Colombia — Van Kirk  United States — Joe Gift  United States — Al Kies  United States — Bob Ernest  United States — Jack Good  United States

[5]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
October 1 1:00 p.m.		Gettysburg	W 4–0	1–0–0	New Beaver Field State College, PA
October 8 1:00 p.m.		Bucknell	W 1–0	2–0–0	New Beaver Field State College, PA
October 15 2:30 p.m.		Western Maryland	W 12–0	3–0–0	New Beaver Field State College, PA
October 22 2:30 p.m.		at Syracuse	W 5–0	4–0–0	Syracuse, NY
October 26		at Army	W 1–0	5–0–0	West Point, NY
October 27		at Brown	W 7–3	6–0–0	Providence, RI
November 5 1:00 p.m.		Navy	W 1–0	7–0–0	New Beaver Field State College, PA
November 11		Temple	W 4–3	8–0–0	New Beaver Field State College, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[6][7][8][9][10][1][11][12][13][14][15]

Honors and awards

Award	Name
All-Eastern Team	Bob Schuler
All-Eastern Team	Walt Hosterman
All-Eastern Team	Gus Bigott

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References

1. Roth, Emanuel (October 18, 1938). "Record Shattered As Megrail Leads Squad To 3rd Win". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
2. "Nittany Soccer Team Awarded Eastern Intercollegiate Diadem". Daily Collegian. January 17, 1939. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
3. "Bill Jeffrey Picks All-East Soccer Team". Daily Collegian. December 6, 1938. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
4. "State Soccer Team Strives To Maintain Four Years' Undefeated Streak". Daily Collegian. September 9, 1938. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
5. Roth, Emanuel (September 13, 1938). "40 Booters Report For Initial Practice". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
6. "Varsity Soccer". Daily Collegian. September 8, 1938. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
7. "Aggressive Booters Take Opener Easily; Painter Tallies Twice". Daily Collegian. October 3, 1938. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
8. Roth, Manny (October 7, 1938). "Bisons Face Lions Here Tomorrow". Daily Collegian.
9. "Nittany Soccermen Down Bucknell by 1-0 Score". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
10. Roth, Manny (October 14, 1938). "Lion Soccermen Meet Green Terrors At 2:30 Tomorrow". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
11. Roth, Manny (October 25, 1938). "Booter Continue Streak By Downing Syracuse, 5-0". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
12. Roth, Manny (October 28, 1938). "Jeffreymen Edge Out Army, 1-0, As Davies Tallies In Last 2 Minutes; Victory Streak Is Stretched To 37". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
13. Roth, Manny (November 1, 1938). "Booters Gird For Powerful Middies Team". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
14. Roth, Manny (November 8, 1938). "Booters Take Fortieth Victory As Navy Bows, 1-0". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
15. Roth, Emanuel (November 15, 1938). "Booters End Sixth Undefeated Season". Daily Collegian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.

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