Barry Mahy (21 January 1942 – 1 October 2020) was an English-American

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defender. He began his career with Scunthorpe United and finished it with the

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. He also earned four

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with the U.S. national team in 1973.

Club career

While born in Doncaster, Mahy grew up on the island of Guernsey, a

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crown dependency. He began his playing career with the Islanders, a non-FIFA affiliated "national" team. In 1963, Dick Duckworth, manager of English Second Division club Scunthorpe United signed Mahy. At the time Scunthorpe was performing poorly and Duckworth was attempting to rebuild the roster mid-season. Despite the changes, Scunthorpe finished at the bottom of the standings and was

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at the end of the season. Mahy remained with the team through the 1966–1967 season, seeing time in only twenty-two games.
/sup> In October 1967 when he followed Scunthorpe manager

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when he moved to the U.S. to coach the

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of the National Professional Soccer League.
/sup> The NPSL merged with the

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in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League. At the end of the 1968 season, the Generals folded. In 1971, Mahy signed with the expansion

and played five seasons with the team.

National team

While Mahy played for the Guernsey national football team, it is not recognized by FIFA. Therefore, he was eligible to play for other, recognized, teams. In 1973, he was called into the U.S. national team. His first game was a 1–0 loss to Haiti on 3 November 1973. He played three more games that November, his last with the national team coming in a 2–0 loss to

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on 15 November 1973.

Death

Mahy died on 1 October 2020 of unknown causes, aged 78.

References

External links

Scunthorpe United profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahy, Barry 1942 births 2020 deaths Footballers from Doncaster Guernsey footballers American soccer players Association football fullbacks English footballers English emigrants to the United States National Professional Soccer League (1967) players New York Cosmos players New York Generals players New York Generals (NPSL) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Scunthorpe United F.C. players United States men's international soccer players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate footballers