Brooklyn Hispano
Which team did the player Fabri Salcedo belong to from 1939 to 1947?
Fabri Salcedo Fabriciano “Fabri” Salcedo ( May 28 , 1914 in Santander , Cantabria , Spain – August 25 , 1985 in Rochelle Park , New Jersey ) was a U.S . soccer forward . Salcedo spent thirteen seasons in the American Soccer League , leading the league in scoring three of those seasons , one season in the St . Louis Soccer League and part of one season in the National Soccer League of Chicago . He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame . Early career . Salcedo was born in Spain and played with several youth teams before moving to the United States in May 1929 . He played with a string of amateur clubs playing in city leagues , including Segura F.C . ( Metropolitan League of New York City ) , Madrid F.C . and Portuguese Victoria F.C . ( Westchester County League ) . When Portuguese Victoria won the 1934 league title , Salcedo came to the attention of Duncan Othen , coach of the American Soccer League club Brooklyn Hispano . Brooklyn Hispano . In 1934 , Salcedo signed with Hispano and would play most of his career with the Brooklyn team , beginning as a center forward before moving to right forward . While with Hispano , Salcedo would play with Walter Bahr , another great American player . In his first season , Salcedo scored eleven goals , putting him sixth on the league’s scoring list . This led to his selection to the U.S . national team for an unofficial game with Scotland on May 19 , 1935 . In 1937 , Hispano went to the ASL title game , only to fall to the Kearny Scots . Chicago . On September 9 , 1938 , Chicago Manhattan Beer purchased Salcedo’s contract for $500 . In Chicago , he joined Billy Gonsalves , a future Hall of Famer . In the 1938-1939 season , Manhattan Beer played in the St . Louis Soccer League which had invited several Chicago teams to join the league . Manhattan finished second in the league standings . The team also went to the National Challenge Cup final before falling to Brooklyn St . Marys Celtic . In September 1939 , Salcedo signed with the Kearny Scots ( ASL ) . He played one game , against Hispano . However , Hispano disputed Salcedo’s signing with the Scots , claiming they still owned his rights in the ASL . The US Football Association agreed with Hispano and nullified Salcedo’s contract with the Scots . Salcedo returned to Manhattan Beer for the start of the 1939-1940 St . Louis Soccer League season . However , he then jumped to the Danish-Americans of the National Soccer League of Chicago . He played only briefly with the Danish-Americans before moving back east to sign with Hispano . Brooklyn Hispano . Beginning in 1939 , Salcedo would play the next eight seasons with Hispano . While Salcedo is best known for his goal scoring exploits , he did play part of one game in the fall of 1941 in goal . That season , he dropped to ninth in the end of year goals list after missing part of the season with a leg injury . Hispano won its only league title in 1942-1943 . It also took the National Challenge Cup giving Salcedo and his team mates a “double” . Hispano repeated as National Cup champions the next year . At the start of the 1947-1948 season , Hispano released Salcedo and he signed with the Philadelphia Americans . That season , Salcedo won his last championship as the Americans took the ASL title . Non-soccer career . The low salaries paid by soccer teams during this era was not enough to live on . Consequently , Salcedo and his team mates had non-playing jobs in addition to their soccer careers . Salcedo worked a variety of manual labor jobs . When he moved to Chicago Manhattan Beer in 1938 , he worked in the Manhattan Beer brewery . After returning to Brooklyn in 1939 , he was hired by Federal Shipyard and Drydock where he became a machinist in 1940 . In 1946 , he left Federal to join the Engineering & Research Division of the ITT Continental Baking Company . He retired in 1979 . He was married with two children , a daughter , Diane , and a son , Hank who married Eileen Mandeville of Oradell NJ . Who gave birth to Craig Mandeville , Cindy Mandeville , Elaine Mandeville , Tom Salcedo and Steve Salcedo . He was posthumously inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005 . Honors . League titles 1943 , 1948 National Cup titles 1943 , 1944 Leading goal scorer 1937-1938 , 1940–1941 , 1945–1946 External links . - Biography - Book