Walter "Casey" Bahr (born September 20, 1948) is a U.S.

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defender who played one season in the

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and one in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the

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. He now coaches at Sussex Academy High School.

College

Bahr, the son of

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member

Walter Bahr Walter Alfred Bahr (April 1, 1927 – June 18, 2018) was an American professional soccer player, considered one of the greatest ever in the United States. He was the long-time captain of the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. men's ...

, attended the

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, playing soccer for the midshipmen. He was a 1968 and 1969 honorable mention (third team)

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. He graduated from Annapolis in 1970 and served three years in the

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Professional

In 1973, Al Miller, head coach of the expansion

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of the

signed Bahr. According to some sources, Bahr played only three games others say seventeen. In 1978, he signed with the expansion Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He played nine games with the Fever.

Olympic team

A resident of

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serving with the Navy's Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron, Bahr was part of the U.S. team that defeated the Jamaica national team to make it to the Olympics for the first time since the 1956 games. Bahr played three games for the 1972 U.S. Olympic soccer team in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bahr, Casey 1948 births Living people American men's soccer players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Philadelphia Atoms players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Philadelphia Fever (MISL) players Olympic soccer players for the United States Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mount Holly, New Jersey Sportspeople from Toms River, New Jersey Soccer players from Burlington County, New Jersey Men's association football defenders 20th-century American sportsmen