William D. Carnihan (12 July 1894 – 16 November 1964) was a Scottish-born footballer who earned two
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with the
U.S. national team. He began his professional career in Scotland before moving to the
American Soccer League.
Club career
Carnihan began his career with Scottish club
Blantyre Victoria
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. In 1921, he moved to
Partick Thistle
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for a single season. In 1922, he moved to the United States where he signed with
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of the
American Soccer League. Over the next eight seasons, he was a regular in the Bethlehem midfield, playing 210 games in the ASL. These stats do not include the season that Bethlehem played in the
Eastern Professional Soccer League
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after being suspended by the ASL a month into the 1928–1929 season. Carnihal was injured in March 1930 and lost most of the rest of that season. When Bethlehem folded at the end of the 1930 spring season, Carnihan moved to the
Newark Americans
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for the fall 1930 and spring 1931 seasons. He then played one game with the
New York Americans
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in the fall 1931 season before retiring.
National team
His first game with the national team in a 6–1 win over
Canada
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on 11 November 1925. His second came almost exactly a year later in a 6–2 win over Canada on 6 November 1926.
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1894 births
1964 deaths
American men's soccer players
Scottish men's footballers
Blantyre Victoria F.C. players
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Scottish emigrants to the United States
United States men's international soccer players
American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) players
Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930) players
Newark Americans players
New York Americans (soccer) (1933–1956) players
Footballers from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Men's association football midfielders
Scottish Junior Football Association players
20th-century Scottish sportsmen