Walter Aspden
Walter Aspden was an American soccer inside forward who played professionally in the first American Soccer League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 26, 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Massachusetts, United States | ||
| Date of death | May 1987 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | United States | ||
| Playing position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927 | Newark Skeeters | 2 | (0) |
| 1927–1929 | New Bedford Whalers | 44 | (1) |
| 1929 | Pawtucket Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 1930 | New York Giants | 1 | (1) |
| 1930–1931 | New Bedford Whalers | 26 | (0) |
| 1931 | Boston | 19 | (0) |
| New Bedford Defenders | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Aspden won the 1926 National Amateur Cup with the New Bedford Defenders.[1]
Aspden signed with the Newark Skeeters during the 1927-1928 American Soccer League season, but moved to the New Bedford Whalers after playing only one game for the Skeeters. On June 9, 1929, he scored one of three Whalers goals in the defeat of the Fall River Marksmen in the ASL playoff semifinals. By the fall of 1929, the American Soccer League was beginning its collapse and Aspden jumped from team to team, seeing games with four teams between the fall of 1929 and the fall of 1931. In December 1933, he is listed with the amateur New Bedford Defenders.
External links
- Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
References
- Morris, Ev (April 15, 1928). "U.S. Develops Own Soccer Stars". New York Daily News. p. 76.